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We’re Hiring! Consultant on Coordination of Digital Power Initiative

Ariadne is looking for a part-time consultant to coordinate a new initiative on digital rights and digital power. This initiative will focus on building funder...

How do we tackle the impunity of multinationals?

This post was written by Juliette Decoster, Programme Officer at Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation and is cross-posted from Alliance Magazine's website (original can be found...

Change Funders Week 2020

Next year, Ariadne and EDGE Funders Alliance will hold their annual conferences back-to-back as part of “Change Funders Week” 2020. The events will take place...

Ariadne and EDGE Funders Alliance sign Memorandum of Understanding

Ariadne and EDGE Funders Alliance are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two networks, marking a commitment to their...

It starts with a knock at the door – community organising to combat the rise of the populist right

In this blog, Steve Hughes, Network Coordinator for the European Community Organizing Network, reflects on community organising to combat the rise of the populist right. The...

Five years on: Reflections on social change and human rights philanthropy

In this blog, Ariadne's UK Programme Manager Jenny Oppenheimer reflects on how social change and human rights philanthropy has changed over the five years since...

Independent donor group urges greater focus on rights, citizenship and equality

Ariadne, the European network of independent funders working on justice and peace has just brought 80 of its members to Belfast for its annual meeting....

Announcing the 2019 Ariadne Forecast for European Social Change and Human Rights Funders

In this blog post, Ariadne Director, Julie Broome introduces the 2019 Ariadne Forecast for European Social Change & Human Rights Funders. This year marks the...

Why we need more talk about ‘closing civic space’ not less: a response to Michael Jarvis, from TAI.

Michael Jarvis, the Director of the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, has suggested we should stop using the frame ‘closing civic space’ because it’s “too all-encompassing”...

New Guide Helps Human Rights Funders Balance Tension Between Risk & Transparency

This post was co-written by Julie Broome and Tom Walker, and is cross-posted from Glasspockets (original can be found here). Julie Broome is the Director...

Talking About Responsible Data: A Conversation Guide For Human Rights Funders

This post was co-written by Fieke Jansen and Tom Walker, and is cross-posted from The Engine Room's website (original can be found here). This year, we’ve been gathering...

Can foundations contribute to social cohesion in Europe?

The following is a speech made by Dr Rien van Gendt during the Humanity in Action International Conference, which took place in Strasbourg from 5-8...

Climate justice is possible when…we listen to the grandmothers

In this personal essay, Thousand Currents Executive Director Rajasvini Bhansali discusses about a "toxic tour" in South Africa that inspired her to organise philanthropists in the U.S....

Grant reporting is broken. Can we fix it?

In this blog, Gina Crane, Communications and Learning Manager at Esmee Fairbairn Foundation discusses the changes funders need to make to improve grant reporting. The...

Why safeguarding child rights protections is crucial post Brexit

As the EU (Withdrawal) Bill continues Report in the House of Lords, Louise King, Director of the Children’s Rights Alliance for England, sets out why...