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Elevate your impact: 2025-2030 strategy

Anand Shukla, Chief Executive, The Henry Smith Foundation

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We’re hiring: Opportunity Fund Partnership Development Manager

Our new Partnership Development Manager role offers an exciting opportunity to support innovation, strengthen leadership and skills across the sector.

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Speak Out helped me find my voice

Eliph’s story

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Home Start Glasgow South helped our family find commmunity

Shazia and Tahir’s story

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Spark Inside reignited who I am

Jason’s story

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Youth Leads helped me realise my dreams

Nicole’s story

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Spark Inside unlocked my true power

Javel’s story

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Football Unites, Racism Divides helped me believe in myself

Aaliyah’s story

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Welcoming three new directors to Henry Smith

The Henry Smith Charity announces the appointment of three outstanding directors, representing a significant step forward in their work of elevating the impact of organisations tackling social and economic exclusion, and supporting those in adversity to thrive.

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Finding Solutions to the School Engagement Crisis

A new report, Finding Solutions to the School Engagement Crisis, has been published following the September 2024 publication that highlighted the troubling scope of lost learning, especially among at-risk groups.

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Transforming Lives

A Three-Year Evaluation of our Housing First Strategic Grants Programme

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Insights from the Field: Supporting People Leaving Prison

In 2022, about 55,000 people were released from prisons in England, Scotland and Wales. Within a year, about 40% were back inside. With our funding we will support both services and policy work that aim to reduce that number and enable people to make positive transitions from custody to the community.

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How high-quality advocacy generates positive outcomes for people with learning disabilities and autistic people

The Henry Smith Charity launched a £2.6 million Strategic Grant programme in 2022 to support 15 organisations providing advocacy services for individuals with learning disabilities and autistic people across the UK.

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Bridging the funding gap during our programme closures

Find out how The Henry Smith Charity is supporting the social sector with continued funding during our grant programme closures

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Who’s Losing Learning? Report finds 20% spike in school exclusions and suspensions in the last year

School exclusions and suspensions across England have surged by over 20% in the 2023-24 academic year, revealing the deep challenges facing the country’s education system.

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Insights from the Field: How a lack of investment and integrated services are driving inequity for parents and young children

Earlier this year, we set out to gather insights from key sectors we support. Our research team travelled across the UK, engaging with grant holders, organisations working in this area and local authorities to better understand the current state of Parenting and Early Years services.

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We’re hiring: Seeking Three Ambitious New Directors to Drive our Bold New Strategy

The Henry Smith Charity is currently recruiting three new Directors to drive forward our bold new strategy and brand which will launch in 2025.

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Shaping the future of diversity and inclusion in grant making

As a social impact funder, we must live our values, particularly our commitment to DEI. Our DEI working group is the driving force behind these efforts, ensuring that staff, trustees, and volunteers feel empowered to embed DEI principles in their work.

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How can meaningful values increase impact?

We explore how developing a meaningful set of values can shape an organisation and drive lasting, positive social impact.

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Building skills, achieving goals and learning to enjoy the present more fully

We spoke to Bemnet, a Breadwinners participant, about her career goals, getting a new job and being in the present moment.

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Discover how our strategy shapes our work and impact

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