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Paris Terrorist Attacks: A Message

Ariadne expresses its condolences and profound solidarity to the families and relatives of victims of the attacks in Paris on the night of November 13...

How should UK funders respond to the Refugee Crisis?

The next Ariadne tele-briefing to discuss the refugee crisis in and around Europe will take place on Tuesday, November 3rd at 16:00 CET, 15:00 GMT,...

Refugee Crisis, Update from The Netherlands

The next Ariadne and IHRFG tele-briefing on the Refugee Crisis - Addressing the Refugee Crisis & Supporting Civilians in Syria - will take place on...

Europe’s refugee crisis: the thinking philanthropist’s response?

The second Ariadne tele-briefing on the Refugee Crisis - The Refugee Crisis in Europe: Update from Hungary and Croatia, a view from the EU and...

Understanding how people think about human rights, not just what they think, is critical to effective communication

Ariadne and Global Dialogue is organising a day long master-class and workshop on framing and why it matters. This is taking place on October 7th...

Making use of the Knowledge Tools for funders and civil society

Ariadne and the International Human Rights Funders Group have been collecting grants data from all their members to create a suite of knowledge tools to assist...

Why should funders be interested in “the Digital Dividend”?

Loren Treisman is the Executive of Indigo Trust, a UK foundation that supports organisations to use mobile and web-based technologies to stimulate social change in...

Communicating Effectively: Getting your message across and changing the terms of the debate

Sarah Pugh of Global Dialogue writes about framing and communications, including a one day workshop and master-class in October which is open to funders and...

Strengthening Civil Society’s Resilience in Closing Space through Sustainable, Flexible Funding

Samar Haidar is Executive Director at the Arab Human Rights Fund. Space for civil society has been closing around the globe, with a noticeable rise...

The Funders’ Workshop on Shrinking Space for Civil Society: My impressions

Moritz Bartl is Executive Director at Renewable Freedom Foundation, a German foundation that primarly works with international digital rights and technology groups. The Funders' Workshop...

Following the Queen’s Speech, don’t be lulled into a false sense of security

Neil Crowther is Director of the UK-based Thomas Paine Initiative. The Initiative represents a pooled group of funders who are seeking to change public attitudes...

Poor weather for funders?

Ton Groeneweg is a Dutch member of Ariadne. Here is his analysis of the 2015 Ariadne Forecast. Ton participated in the Barcelona (2014) and Budapest...

2015 Ariadne Forecast

Ariadne is issuing the first ever Forecast for Social Change and Human Rights Funders. The aim is to help grant-makers and civil society as a whole see...

Ariadne Policy Briefing: My Impressions

Ekaterine Gejadze is Programme Coordinator for Women’s Fund in Georgia. She came to the Ariadne Policy Briefing in Budapest earlier this month. It was the...

Funders tackling Modern Slavery

More than 30 million people are thought to be ‘modern slaves’, Nick Grono of the Freedom Fund writes, with this crime taking place in every...