Giving Thought

In this episode - the third in our mini-series on “European philanthropy during and after COVID” – we talk to Julie Broome, Director of the Ariadne network about philanthropic funding for social change and rights issues now and in the future. Including: What is social change funding? What are its particular features? Is it limited to a niche subset of funders, or something that all can do to some extent? What is the history and current landscape for social change and rights-focussed philanthropy across Europe? How do the cultures, histories and legal/policy environments for philanthropy vary across Europe? How does this affect the work of social change funders? What kind of responses have we seen from social change funders across Europe to the challenges posed by covid-19? Has Covid-19 (and government responses to it) exacerbated existing rights issues? Will we see new rights issues emerge as the political imperatives of the pandemic lead to governments either accidentally or deliberating introducing new mea