Our approach

Overview

How we use funding to drive social change

Our approach

Overview

How we use funding to drive social change

Grants to charity partners

Grants to charity partners

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Supporting immediate needs

Supporting immediate needs

“Providing food to address ​child hunger”

Enables us to:

  • Effectively support frontline charities having tangible impact in their local communities

  • Better advocate and represent the perspectives of local leaders

  • Generate insights about what works and local system failures to inform our strategic projects

Investments in strategic projects

Investments in strategic projects

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Driving longer-term systems change

Driving longer-term systems change

“Preventing child hunger from happening in the first place”

Enables us to:

  • Develop research and insights that support our strategy, our charity partners, and wider sector

  • Influence wider system and national policy

  • Increase the reach of grants by co-funding with partners

  • Fund promising opportunities as they arise based on deep understanding

Explore more below

Explore more below

Local ecosystems fund

The Local Ecosystems Fund is a multi-year grant-making initiative, focused on improving outcomes for babies and young children, initially in two communities with persistent disadvantage gaps.

Discovery partners

Investing in mission-aligned and evidence-informed organisations that support immediate needs.

Strategic projects

Working in collaboration with others on strategic projects that build towards a better future.

© 2026 Collective Futures (CIO). All Rights Reserved. Registered charity number 1208989.

© 2026 Collective Futures (CIO). All Rights Reserved. Registered charity number 1208989.