WELCOME

Carol Mack welcomes you to this edition of Trust & Foundation News.

I wrote in the last issue of this magazine how much I was looking forward to being with so many of you in person at our annual conference. What a fantastic day it was!

Thank you to everyone who made it such an inspirational day, particularly to our outstanding breakout session leaders and plenary panel members.

Because of deadlines, we couldn’t include much conference content in this issue apart from some excellent takeaways from our keynote speaker Professor Lucy Easthope. The good news is there is more online and we'll follow up with more in the spring issue of Trust & Foundation News

This issue has kept to the conference theme, however, of courage and leadership. We are going through some dark days at the moment and things can feel very bleak. But that is why our hope and yes, our courage, is essential. While trusts and foundations cannot solve all of the challenges that we face, they do have an important role to play. And many of you are doing this, day in, day out, making a vital difference to the communities and causes that you care about.

In this issue, Róisín Wood tells us about her experiences of philanthropy, courage and leadership in Northern Ireland, while the Benefact Trust, the Walcot Foundation and Equally Ours talk about being brave in their work. A group of family foundations share their experiences of leadership. And the Co-op Foundation explains how they took the bold decision to hand over power to young people as part of developing their new strategy.

2023 marks the start of our new ACF five-year strategy, which you have helped us shape during the last 12 months. You can read more about this in this issue. We will formally launch it in the new year, and then we will want to collaborate with you about the changes we will need to make to achieve our goals. As we do this, I am certain that by working together, we will inspire each other to show the courageous leadership that is much needed in these troubled times.

P18-20 PROFILE

Salaries

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SHARED EXPERIENCE

Putting tomorrow’s leaders in charge today

Róisín Wood, CEO, The Community Foundation Northern Ireland

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FEATURE

Carol Mack on ACF’s future ambitions

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SHARED EXPERIENCE

Peer learning for family foundations

P26-29 NETWORKS & EVENTS

Learning from our international peers

ACF conference: key takeaways

Economic justice network Events, learning and networks in 2023