ACF MILESTONES

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Some Of The

We have…

• Welcomed Stuart Andrew MP to our conference, his first engagement as minister for civil society. He spoke with members on their priorities for the sector.

• Successfully campaigned alongside other infrastructure bodies for charities to be included in plans to support the business sector with the energy crisis.

• Gathered resources on how foundations are responding to the cost of living crisis, available at acf.org.uk/ cost-of-living. We also held an event on the implications for grant-making.

• Met with the new chair of the Charity Commission for England and Wales, Orlando Fraser, about the role of trusts and foundations.

• Responded to the Charity Commission’s statement regarding updating CC14 investment guidance.

• Welcomed Elaine Wilson, Corra Foundation, and Aleema Shivji, formerly at Comic Relief, as new members of the Funders Collaborative Hub’s Strategy Group.

• Published three member-only briefings. Topics are: Charity

Commission for England and Wales’ consultation on annual returns; cybersecurity tips for foundations, following an event with the National Cyber Security Centre; and the climate change discussion at the evening for foundation chairs. Read the briefings at: acf.org.uk/memberbriefings.

• Launched our third annual benchmarking report on salary and benefits for roles unique to foundations. Read more on pages 12-13.

• Took part in #PEXforum22 in Istanbul, where we shared with European colleagues how UK funders were using ACF’s Stronger Foundations tools to take action on diversity, equity and inclusion. Read more on page 26.

• Participated in the Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea) board retreat with fellow members in Italy in October.