Finance Finesse: Avoiding the Crunch in a Cost-of-Living Crisis.
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 […]
Read the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport’s response to #OperationTransparency
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 […]
Dragons Den 2023: Money4YOU Breaks New Ground with Crowdfunded Grants for BAMER-led Non-profits
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 […]
Money4YOU Launches BAMER HUB 2.0, the one-stop shop for BAMER-led nonprofits
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 […]
Bard and Bing: Still no match for BAMER HUB
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 […]
Dragons Den 2022: The Headlines
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 […]
#OperationTransparency: Re-imagining Finance and Funding for BAMER-led organisations
“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 […]
Understanding the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on BAMER-led non-profits
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 […]
Charity Commission’s Consultation Response Leaves Unanswered Questions on Diversity Data Gap #OperationTransparency
We welcome the Charity Commission’s update on its position with respect to diversity in the charity sector as part of a recent consultation response. However, we struggle to understand the concerns it articulates around diversity data reporting in the Annual Return.Given that in the majority of cases a nominated respondent completes the Annual Return on […]
Charity Commission responds to #OperationTransparency
On 4th July this year, Money4YOU’s #OperationTransparency sent an open letter to the Charity Commission for England & Wales. We urged the Commission to monitor the diversity of charity trustees and senior executives across a range of protected characteristics. Public access to this data would enable better interventions to improve diversity and build trust and […]