Renaisi Associate Julia Slay explains the term ‘anchor organisation’ and shares some examples of how anchors in the US have used their economic power to benefit the local communities that surround them. Anchors are typically – though not exclusively – not for profit organisations that are based in a city or town and are unlikely
I am not massively comfortable with it being November. There’s a large list of things that I need to get done before the end of the year, and I am starting to realise that they might not all happen… Board focus: done One thing that is done is our final board meeting of the year.
Sometimes having a week off gives you the break you need. Sometimes it gives you a pile of work to catch up with. Sometimes it does both.
A week where I’ve started to feel like I’m getting my workload back under control and more manageable around my priorities at some points, and like I am completely not managing the variety of things I’m doing at others.
Renaisi shared learning from the last two years of the Citizenship and Integration Initiative at event in London. The Citizenship and Integration Initiative (CII) is a pooled fund of £1 million to support work on citizenship and integration in London. The Initiative brought together independent foundations and civil society organisations with the Mayor of London