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Mental health and employment: the costs and potential returns for funders
A failure to treat people with mental health problems and get them back into work is costing the government, employers and society billions of pounds every year. Yet there are many opportunities for private funders …
Bellagio Summit: if foundations are not there to take risks, what are they for?
The title of the whole initiative of which the recently ended Bellagio Summit was part is The future of Philanthropy and Development in the Pursuit of Well-being. Going on the title alone, the two questions …
Bellagio Summit: word play or meaningful conversation?
I found a very interesting phenomenon during my participation in modules 3 and 4 of the Bellagio Summit – participants like to use different terms for a certain concept. So from time to time they …
Bellagio Initiative: when measurement becomes our new best friend
What do you get when you convene a conversation with 40 or so philanthropy and development professionals from 20 or so countries about the future of their fields, all over two days? The Rockefeller Foundation, …
A view from the lakeside
The Rockefeller Foundation people knew what they were doing when they invited us to Bellagio Center on Lake Como with its sunny evergreens and breathtaking panorama. The place is so serene that you have no …
Reflections from Bellagio: waiting for the bigger narrative to emerge
The Bellagio Initiative has been exploring the Future of Philanthropy and Development in the Pursuit of Wellbeing and I attended the session on mobilising resources around this agenda. The space was amazing for bringing together …
Further thoughts on the Bellagio Summit
The first module of the Bellagio Summit on ‘The Future of Philanthropy and Development in the Pursuit of Well-Being’ concluded on Friday 11 November . Convened by the Resource Alliance in partnership with the Institute of …
