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Read about progress on implementing the Corston recommendations and the launch of the Corston Independent Funders Coalition in today’s Guardian.
“Seeking to press for full implementation of the Corston recommendations, 19 independent foundations, including the Diana Memorial Fund and the Bromley Trust, have joined forces – in an effort that they claim is unprecedented – to hire a full-time advocate to press for Corston’s agenda.
Antonia Bance, a former Oxfam campaigner who started in the advocate’s post this month, says the new funds demonstrate real commitment. However, she warns: “A …
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On 22 October is the annual conference of the Association of Charitable Funders. Members of the Coalition will be running a workshop called “Funder coalitions – a new way of working?”
The conference programme says:
The session will look at the development of the Corston Independent Funders Coalition (CIFC), a unique partnership between 19 independent grant-makers and philanthropists who have come together to support the implementation of the Corston Report: the Government review into vulnerable women in the Criminal Justice System.
Funders, such as grantmaking trusts, foundations and individual philanthropists, …
