New Participatory Grant-making Programme

          Funded by The Charity Service, working in partnership with The Booth Centre and a group of people with lived experience of homelessness and experience of accessing homeless services, we are proud to announce the launch of our Participatory Grantmaking Programme. The programme will provide grant funding, up to a maximum …

Trustee Q&A with Karen Webster

In the sixth of a series of Trustee Q&A blogs, we speak to Karen Webster, who joined the board of The Charity Service in 2022 Can you tell us about your background and professional career? I’ve spent the last 10 years of my career at The King’s Trust and currently lead on Philanthropy fundraising for …

Trustee Q&A with Matt Ralph

In the fifth of a series of Trustee Q&A blogs, we speak to Matt Ralph, who joined the board of The Charity Service in 2022. Can you tell us about your background and professional career? I’ve worked in Financial Services all of my professional career and I’m now a Partner at Castlefield, an employee-owned ethical …

Philanthropy and Systems Change – a North West Philanthropy Network Event

TCS recently helped to coordinate a roundtable for funders, philanthropists, advisers and others in the philanthropy ecosystem to explore the topic of systems change and philanthropy. We heard from speakers Kawika Solidum from the Centre for Social Justice Foundation (CSJ Foundation), John Atherton from LocalMotion and Afshan D’Souza Lodhi from GM Systems Changers. The discussion …

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The Charity Service is a UK-based grant-making charity and Donor Advised Fund Sponsor with decades of experience in the charitable sector. We support donors to understand and achieve their philanthropic goals. We also run our successful Greater Manchester Grants Programme which provides over £100,000 worth of funding to charities based in the Greater Manchester region. …

Trustee Q&A with David Newns

In the fourth of a series of Trustee Q&A blogs, we speak to David Newns, who joined the board of The Charity Service in 2022. Can you tell us about your background and professional career? I graduated in Business and Administration from Bradford University in 1969. I then worked in industry all my salaried life, …

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