News and publications

Moira Sinclair reflects on our refreshed strategy, which reflects the innovations we have made in the past five years, and provides greater clarity about the values that underpin our work.

Project Sparks supports musically-gifted, disabled young people to work alongside arts specialist teachers to teach music and dance to Keystage 2 classes in primary schools in Northern Ireland. Eamonn McCarron, who co-founded the programme, explores the strengths of their peer tutoring model.

Mental Snapp is a video diary app for people actively managing their mental health, supported through its early stage of development by the Ideas and Pioneers Fund. Developed in response to founder Hannah Chamberlain’s observations throughout her professional career as a film maker and storyteller, the company was formed in 2015 and recently made the decision to close down. Chamberlain explores the lessons learned from her journey and shares tips for making a good exit.

Mary Schwarz discusses ArtWorks Alliance’s journey over the last five years, their plans for the future and how you can get involved.

Régis Cochefert, Director of Grants and Programmes, reflects on the Foundation’s emergency grant-making as we prepare to reopen to applications, whilst retaining a commitment to quicker decisions, more flexibility and better responsiveness to applicants.

Author of ​‘An overview of immigration advice services in England and Wales’, Saira Grant explains how the report evolved and the increased relevance of the findings in the context of COVID-19.

A reflection from Moira Sinclair

It’s now ten weeks since we closed the office and moved our staff and operations to home working. Spring 2020 has passed in a flurry of policy variations and Zoom meetings, and now feels like a good moment to reflect.

Ceri Hutton and Jane Harris outline the headline findings from their report ​‘Methods of increasing the capacity of immigration advice provision’.