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PeaceNexus: supporting organisational change

Catriona Gourlay, Executive Director of the PeaceNexus Foundation offers some insights into why and how the foundation is supporting organisational change and peace building. The...

Chic and free no more? A visit uncovering shrinking space for civil society and limits to fundamental freedoms in France

In this blog, Peter Matjašič, Senior Programme Officer at the Open Society Initiative for Europe (OSIFE) reflects on the site trip to VoxPublic, a visit...

2018 Ariadne Forecast For European Social Change and Human Rights Funders

The Ariadne Forecast is a community created resource that draws on Ariadne’s network of more than 546 funders in 23 countries. Ariadne participants and other friends of the network...

Sharing data responsibly – How and why do human rights funders share data?

In this blog, Tom Walker and Fieke Jansen of The Engine Room, with input from Rachel Rank of 360 Giving and Lorena Klos of Ariadne,...

Overview on the shrinking space in France

Here is a blog by Inga Wachsmann, Programme Officer at Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer on the shrinking space for civil society in France. Shrinking Space...

The Missing Piece of the Puzzle – Using Data to Improve Funding Practice

In this blog, Lorena Klos, Ariadne's Communications and Events Manager, examines key trends from the 2011-2015 data analysis on foundation funding for human rights and connects...

New Mama Cash and Urgent Action Fund Report: Standing Firm: Women- and Trans-Led Organisations Respond to Closing Space for Civil Society

Happy Mwende Kinyili, Director of Programmes at Mama Cash, Shalini Eddens, Director of Programmes at the Urgent Action Fund and Susan Jessop, Senior Officer for Content...

Guerrilla Foundation’s origin story and strategic thinking on grassroots movements and social change

Ivan Juric, Advisor to the Guerrilla Foundation offers some insights into the origin story of the foundation, its strategic thinking regarding activism, grassroots movements and systems...

Reflections from WHRDs: what donors can do better in the face of the closing space

Julie Broome, the Ariadne Director, has recently attended a meeting of women human rights defenders in Kenya organised by the Urgent Action Fund. Here are...

The Living Wage Friendly Funder initiative overview

Here is a blog by Sue Wicks, Strategic Lead for Sport for Change at Comic Relief on The Living Wage Friendly Funder initiative. Increasing...

The Refugee Crisis in the Czech Republic: Government Policies and Public Response

In this blog, Marie Heřmanová and Robert Basch from Open Society Foundations Prague situate the Czech Republic’s response to the refugee crisis in the wider...

2017 Ariadne Forecast For European Social Change and Human Rights Funders

We are delighted to release our third Ariadne Forecast which aims to help funders plan ahead, see the big picture, and look at global and...

Rien Van Gendt’s appeal to funds: ‘Help change attitudes towards refugees’

Rien Van Gendt, in his capacity as the fellow of the Major Alliance responsible for the area of refugees and migration, highlights the importance of...

À quoi doit-on s’attendre en 2017 dans le secteur philanthropique?

Julie Broome, directrice du réseau Ariadne (European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights) nous présente en avant-première les prévisions 2017 d’Ariadne, à paraître courant...

Responding to the Refugee Crisis in Europe: What Role for UK Foundations?

Here is an article by Hannah Stevens, Programme Assistant at Ariadne, following the meeting on the Refugee Crisis and the role of UK Foundations in London...