Anniversary conference will address cost of living crisis

[OCTOBER SEES the 20th anniversary edition of think tank and consultancy New Philanthropy Capital’s NPC Ignites conference. This year’s conference takes place over three consecutive afternoons, on 11-13 October. Two afternoons will be online only, with an in-person event at Resource for London on the second afternoon.

The predominant theme this year will be the cost of living crisis. NPC’s senior communications executive Gillian Scholes wrote: “We will be igniting thought-provoking discussions and tackling the biggest opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for all of us. One of the big topics for NPC Ignites this year is tackling the cost of living crisis. We think the cost of living crisis is as big a crisis as COVID-19, possibly bigger. We need the kind of mobilisation among funders that we saw at the start of the pandemic, yet right now we’re not seeing this. Our latest guide aims to help you understand the pressures facing people in poverty in Britain, and how to fund effectively to help charities adapt.”

On the first day of the conference, delegates will be discussing ‘charities and society’, and what the climate crisis means for social charities. The panel will include Paul Farmer, CEO of Mind, Manny Hothi, CEO of Trust for London and Kester Russell, chair of trustees of The Cowshed.

On day two Torsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, will deliver the keynote address on the theme ‘navigating unprecedented economic change’. Kathy Evans, chief executive of Children England, and David Knott, CEO of The National Lottery Community Fund, will be taking questions on charities and the state.

The focus for day three will be ‘where philanthropy and grant-making go next’. Jason Arthur, director of Sir Lewis Hamilton’s foundation Mission 44, will discuss ‘shifting power in philanthropy’, and Fran Perrin, NPC trustee and founder and director of The Indigo Trust, will explore ‘maximising impact through open philanthropy’.

Tickets for the event – one ticket gives access to all three days – are available from Eventbrite via the website at www.thinknpc.org/eventsand-training/npc-ignites-2022/. q

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