In a session recorded at the Third Sector Conference, Lucinda and Emily are joined by Rhodri Davies, director of Why Philanthropy Matters, to reflect on some of the themes covered in Third Sector’s recent podcast documentary, The End of Charity.

These include the rise of influencer philanthropists, such as the YouTube megastar MrBeast, and their potential role in attracting a new, younger support base for charities.

They discuss the need for charities to sustain the momentum in tackling historical power imbalances in the voluntary sector, as articulated in an interview clip from series contributor Chilande Kuloba-Warria. They also question the very role of charity in the modern day.

Listen to The End of Charity.

Read Rhodri’s article in the Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing.

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In November 2023, the finance officer of West Norfolk Carers came to a devastating realisation: after more than a year of rejected funding applications, the charity wouldn’t be able to stay afloat for longer than four months.

Several months earlier, the Lankelly Chase Foundation, a grantmaker tackling severe social disadvantage and extreme marginalisation, had reached a similarly terminal conclusion.

After finding that its very existence perpetuated past harms and injustices, the foundation’s leaders decided the best way forward was to shut down.

In the final episode of The End of Charity, Lucinda Rouse is joined by Jane Evans and Julian Corner, the chief executives of West Norfolk Carers and Lankelly Chase, respectively, to ask: what’s next for the charity sector?

Rhodri Davies, Martha Awojobi and Eshe Kiama Zuri consider the road ahead for doing good, while Steve O’Donnell, a recipient of West Norfolk Carers’ services, lays out the impact of the recent rash of charity closures on vulnerable citizens.

Read the transcript.

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Series writer and presenter: Lucinda Rouse

Editor: Emily Burt

Executive producer: Ollie Peart

Production manager: Louise Hill

Series producers: Riham Maged, Penny Bell, Matt Hill

Studio producers: Nav Pal, Inga Marsen, Til Owen

Art director: David Robinson

Videographer: Julian Dodd

Video producer: Til Owen

Sub-editor: Rachel Jerden-Cooke

Contributing editor: Andy Ricketts

Voicing support: Emily Harle, Dami Adewale

Concept developer: Rebecca Cooney

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When The Times newspaper’s chief reporter, Sean O’Neill, broke the story that senior Oxfam aid workers had been accused of sexual misconduct while working in the disaster zone of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, it sent shockwaves around the charity sector and wider society.

O’Neill reflects on his memories of the scandal; and experts including Chilande Kuloba-Warria and Martha Awojobi discuss how the very foundations of charity can create imbalances of power – and environments in which abuse can thrive.

How do the ways we think about the “haves” and “have-nots” perpetuate these inequalities? And how have the historical roots of charitable work steered us in this direction?

Kolbassia Haoussou, director of survivor leadership and influencing at Freedom from Torture, suggests how the balance can be tipped to allow the people that charities exist to serve to exercise power on their own terms.

With commentary from the philanthropy expert Rhodri Davies.

Read the transcript.

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