We prioritise shifting power to a varied range of voices, over counting the number of residents making funding decisions. Why? Because people who are surviving local inequalities are the ones we should look to for our solutions.

Everyone involved in Camden Giving’s community led decisions bring new perspective and ideas. They have something to say that might not otherwise be heard, no one is ever involved to “tick a box”. We’re shifting power to people, supplementing their knowledge and opening up new networks.

You can expect us to train and pay 50 new community panellists a year, change our work to suit their needs and demonstrate how this makes our funding decisions different to other funders.

We prioritise having accessible funding processes over counting the number of projects. Why? Because we work on the notion that everyone can play a part in overcoming inequality.

We have processes and people which mean that experience, connections, skills, background and confidence are not barriers to receiving funding.

We’re working to increase funding to community leaders who have experience of inequality and we’re spending more time with people who need our help to access funding. We want to share at least a £1 million a year in this way.

We’re breaking down divides between people who live and work in Camden to create greater outcomes.

We work with businesses and charities as equal partners and want parties to gain something be that skills, well-being or connections.

We recognise that racial injustice and inequality has a big impact on the people of Camden. We have insured our processes are informed by the experiences of our staff, supporters and grantees in order to promote equitable racially just community.