Lunch with Peter Wanless, Chief Executive, big lottery fund

Overview

This informal lunch with Peter Wanless will be an excellent opportunity to hear from and direct questions at a leading grant maker about the direction of the grant making sector, what shape it should take and where its priorities should lie.

The economic climate has posed a number of difficulties for the grant making community, with the downturn squeezing their income and causing a rise in demand for their products. This lunch will address key questions such as:

• How can grant makers ensure that their capital is used as effectively as possible and what this means given the rise in methods of financing (e.g. social impact bonds)?
• As we move towards outcomes based contracts to deliver public services, what role could and should the grant making sector look to fulfil?
• Where does grant making sit in the Big Society agenda, particularly given the coming round of public spending cuts?
• How can grants most effectively be used in supporting a professional, transparent and accountable sector?

The lunch will be also be a great opportunity to network with peers in a relaxed environment.

Topics Covered 

• The future shape of the grant making sector
• Current and future priorities for grant makers
• Grant making and the Big Society
• Grant making in a time of public spending cuts

Learning Outcomes

• An understanding of the grant making environment
• What priorities will grant makers look to target in future?
• How can your organisation best position itself to win grants?

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