What Does a Good Charity Closure Look Like and What Role can Funders Play in Assisting?

with Iona Lawrence from The Decelerator.

The Decelerator’s journey began with a provocative question: “What if organisational endings weren’t feared or avoided, but embraced as opportunities for growth, learning and renewal?”

As funders, we are often focused on growth, scale and sustainability – but what if strategic endings were just as important to impact? What if funding a closure, a merger or a conscious transition could be a meaningful and effective use of resources? Join us for this 90-minute online webinar where there will be an opportunity to:

• Explore – dive deep into the role of endings throughout the organisational life cycle
• Make sense – discuss and make sense of the state of civil society endings right now
• Put into practice – think about how we might apply learning from The Decelerator in our current work
• Understand – learn how The Decelerator can support organisations/grantees

The session will help funding organisations:

• Identify when an organisation might be approaching a natural or strategic ending
• Understand what good endings look like and what they require
• Learn how to support organisations through endings with dignity, purpose, and legacy in mind
• Challenge assumptions around failure, winding down and sunsetting
• Discover funding approaches that support honesty, reflection and transformation

Whether you’ve already encountered these conversations or are just beginning to think about them, this session will offer space to reflect, learn from peers and consider how funding strategies might shift to better support the full life cycle of social change work.

To help get the most out of the session, here are a couple of questions to reflect on in advance:

1. What role do endings play in my trust/foundation’s work, and how are they currently handled?
2. Are there any patterns or challenges we’ve noticed when it comes to navigating endings, either within our work or across the sector?

If you want to think differently about endings and how your funding can support more honest, impactful and intentional change, sign up now and be part of the conversation

This session is free for Yorkshire Funders members to attend (£15 for non-members) and you can book on via Ticket Tailor via this link.