The Charity Service was delighted to be recognised at the 2025 Wealth for Good Awards as the winner of the Innovative Offering or Advice (UK) category. The judges citation is as follows:- Innovative Offering or Advice (UK) The Charity Service With 35 years’ experience, this leader innovates UK philanthropy through ethical investments, inclusive donor-advised funds, …
In the seventh of a series of Trustee Q&A blogs, we speak to Pippa Smith, who joined the board of The Charity Service in 2024. Can you tell us about your background and professional career? I’m the Executive Director of the Sir John Fisher Foundation, an independent grant making foundation based in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. …
Are you a finance professional with knowledge of the charity sector? Would you like to lead the governance, financial and operational management functions of a small charity that helps philanthropists manage their charitable giving? If so, you may be just the person to support the continued growth of The Charity Service. About us The Charity …
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 …
We recently held the first North West Philanthropy Network webinar on the topic of ‘Getting Started with Your Philanthropy’. This is a topic that has recently been requested by members of the network as it’s useful to explore for those new to philanthropy as well as for professional advisers who might be broaching the topic …
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 …
Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) are a growing vehicle for charitable giving in the UK. As they grow in popularity we look at how DAF Providers (also known as DAF Sponsors) including The Charity Service can work with the charities they support and how charity fundraisers can look to increase the funding they receive from DAF …
A copy of The Charity Service’s latest available annual report and accounts can be downloaded here: Report of the Trustees and Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024
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 …
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 …
