


Resources
Our Resource Directory is full of interesting reports, blogs and articles that we invite you to share and use in your work.
Our blog

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To Pay Trustees, or Not to Pay Trustees?
Two years ago, during my interview for a trustee position at Friends Provident Foundation (FPF), I asked a straightforward question: Would the role be paid?

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Do You Have a Banking Blind Spot?
Many companies and charities today put a great deal of time and effort into making their businesses as sustainable and ethical as they can be. But there appears to be one enormous blind spot.
How many have considered one of their most important supplier relationships – that with their banker?

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Friends Provident Foundation Seeking Grants Manager
We are seeking a Grants Manager to join our small, friendly team.

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Friends Provident Foundation Seeking Communications Manager
We are seeking a Communications Manager to join our small, friendly team.

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We’re Changing Our Approach to Grantmaking
Friends Provident Foundation is launching a new strand of programme, experimenting with a fresh approach to grantmaking and a new style of application process.

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The 2025 Foundation Practice Rating (FPR) Report is Now Available
The annual Foundation Practice Rating (FPR) report into the performance of charitable
foundations is now available.

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Investing olympics 2025
Friends Provident Foundation is considering running a second iteration of the investing olympics, alongside partners, in late 2025.

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Investors urged to tackle exploitation and improve labour rights in English care sector
The adult social care sector is under great amounts of stress, with evidence both of problematic labour conditions, opaque business models, and a lack of financial sustainability.

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Friends Provident Foundation Appoints New Investment Adviser
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Redington as the new Investment Adviser to Friends Provident Foundation.
Our resources

Blog
The 2025 Foundation Practice Rating (FPR) Report is Now Available
The annual Foundation Practice Rating (FPR) report into the performance of charitable
foundations is now available.

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The Foundation Practice Rating 2023/2024 Report

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Citizens’ Economic Council report
Can involving the public in economic policy-making help the UK tackle the cost-of-living crisis?

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Learning to change: Evidence-based practices to support a Just Transition
In this report, we delve into the groundbreaking insights derived from three Foundation-funded projects.

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Climate emergency declaration
Friends Provident Foundation recognises that business as usual risks climate breakdown with profound consequences for people and planet.

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Financial Inclusion: Annual Monitoring Report 2022
Poorest citizens ‘worn down’ as financial inclusion remains distant dream for the UK. The UK has made little progress in the last decade towards creating a truly financially inclusive society, a new study reveals.

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Equity and Social Justice Strategy
This is our first update on our equity and social justice plan. You can access this report as a word file, a html website page and as a pdf document.

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Diverse organisational models to address economic, environmental and social challenges
This report illustrates diverse ways of structuring business activity that differ from the widespread and established model of external equity ownership and governance.

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Living well in retirement
An investment and delivery framework to enable low income older home-owners to repair, improve and adapt their homes.
Our annual reports

Annual Report
Report and Financial Statements 2021-2022

Annual Report
Report & Financial Statements 2020-2021

Annual Report
Report & Financial Statements 2019-2020

Annual Report