New Funding Opportunities We’re thrilled to introduce a fantastic £90,000 grant opportunity available to distribute at the event, dedicated to supporting BAMER-led nonprofits that make a positive impact on Londoners. Who Can Apply to Pitch? If you’re part of a BAMER-led nonprofit with projects supporting Londoners and have an innovative project that needs funding, we encourage you […]
BonsaïMoney podcast We’re happy to announce a significant increase in podcast plays: we broke the 1,000 mark within the first half of this year! Our growing library of accessible, engaging financial literacy content for young people has clearly delivered on its aims, with the majority of podcast plays on any given day coming from previous episodes,
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Students and young people are typically thought of as being in a more secure position during a recession, with not as many overheads as older adults with mortgages or children, for example. A recession means the Bank of England has had negative growth for two quarters of the financial year. Recently, however, there has been
Finance Finesse: Avoiding the Crunch in a Cost-of-Living Crisis. Read More »
Stuart Andrew MP, the Minister currently responsible for sport, gambling, civil society, and equalities, has encouraged the #OperationTransparency campaign to “continue to engage” with the Charity Commission on trustee diversity and data transparency. Responding to a letter from the campaign asking DCMS to represent our concerns over the charity diversity data gap to the Charity Commission, Andrew
Money4YOU is set to transform the UK charity sector with Dragons Den 2023. The groundbreaking event aims to allocate an unprecedented £200,000 in grants to BAMER-led non-profits, prototyping pathways to redress historic power imbalances and create a wave of change. On 20th October 2023, the power to award grants will rest with those who work
LONDON, July 20, 2023 – Money4YOU has launched BAMER HUB 2.0, the digital resilience platform designed to strengthen and grow Black, Asian, Multi-Ethnic, and Refugee (BAMER)-led charities, community groups, and social enterprises. Offering a range of free capacity-building resources, BAMER HUB 2.0 comes with improved features tailored specifically to address the needs of BAMER nonprofits
Money4YOU Launches BAMER HUB 2.0, the one-stop shop for BAMER-led nonprofits Read More »
Our AI-focused Innovation Hub event at Linklaters HQ on Friday 2nd June covered the need-to-know aspects of recent developments in AI for BAMER-led non-profits. Alongside the event, we decided to test the chatbots’ performance on basic fundraising questions around prospecting for trusts and foundations. ”Out of the six funding programmes Bard recommended, only one actually exists. Given that the
What is Dragons Den? Since 2012, Carol Akiwumi MBE, CEO and Founder of Money4YOU, has convened the annual Dragons Den event. It’s named after the BBC TV show, and brings an audience of Black, Asian, multi-ethnic, and refugee (BAMER)-led non-profits together with grant-makers to pitch for grants, network, and celebrate the work of the BAMER-led voluntary sector. Yeukai from Active Horizons with the organisation’s £10,000
“Many of our organisations and our communities are still not feeling that their voices are recognised.” – Julie Pal (CEO, CommUNITY Barnet) On 20th October 2022, Money4YOU’s #OperationTransparency held a panel discussion on re-imagining Finance and Funding for BAMER (Black, Asian, multi-ethnic and refugee)-led organisations. The campaign calls for publishing diversity data in the charity sector, a step that will boost transparency and
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The UK is facing a cost of living crisis that affects millions of people across the country. With rising prices for essential goods and services, many families are struggling to make ends meet. Charities, non-profits, and social impact organisations are not immune to the impacts of the crisis, and Black, Asian, multi-ethnic and refugee (BAMER)-led
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