The Beacon Collaborative

Issue:

Philanthropy

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Activities:

Influencing policy or practice

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Peer learning

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Location:

UK-wide

Stage:

Existing collaboration

Aims and activities

Beacon’s aims:

To increase philanthropy and impact investment in the UK by encouraging and supporting socially-conscious wealth holders to give more of their private assets for public good.
To show wealth holders they can do more as individuals and collectively with their peers.
To work with influential sector organisations and government representatives to foster a greater culture of giving and philanthropy in the UK.

Beacon is delivering these aims via three areas of strategy:

Celebration - We promote the voice and visibility of philanthropy and social investment by bringing forward the perspectives, stories and insights of real philanthropists and role models.
Collaboration - We work with partner organisations, the philanthropy ecosystem and government to produce or pool best practice and insight so we can support and mobilise UK wealth holders. We focus on representing the voices of philanthropists and wealth holders.
Connection - We support wealth holders with signposts, peer learning and mentorship via networks and events online and offline. We aim to give confidence and direction to philanthropists wishing to make giving and impact investing part of their life.

Beacon offers a number of avenues to help wealth holders start or develop their philanthropy.

These include:

Beacons Connect - a private online network, hosted on the Guild platform, that serves as a meeting point for philanthropy and impact investment in the UK. The network comprises philanthropists, social investors, advisers, sector infrastructure organisations, experts and other partners. Join here.
Enriched - an e-newsletter that highlights the hard work, achievements and learning of an experienced philanthropist. Subscribe now.

The Beacon Collaborative is guided by a Philanthropists Council and an Organisations Council. It also works closely with a range of partners to strengthen the philanthropy sector and deliver projects.

Beacon’s collection of resources for philanthropists includes:

Resource library - a curated collection of giving guides to help wealth holders get started.
‍Philanthropy Ecosystem blog series - Discover some of the key people, principles and giving vehicles that play their part in the world of philanthropy.