{"id":3837,"date":"2026-03-10T14:11:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/?p=3837"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:14:57","slug":"what-can-we-take-from-the-trend-of-trusts-pausing-to-strategise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/what-can-we-take-from-the-trend-of-trusts-pausing-to-strategise\/","title":{"rendered":"What can we take from the trend of trusts pausing to strategise?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3837\" class=\"elementor elementor-3837\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57242b6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57242b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d27b25f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d27b25f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn-Article-Cover-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3839\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn-Article-Cover-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn-Article-Cover-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn-Article-Cover-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn-Article-Cover-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/championfundraising.co.uk\/staging\/6823\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn-Article-Cover.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a41aea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a41aea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What can we take from the trend of trusts pausing to strategise?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ee8d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56ee8d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"ember13270\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\">I\u2019ve lost count of the number of people I\u2019ve spoken with who are worried about funders closing their doors to focus on their own strategy. Whilst the practice is not brand new, the timing and number of Trusts taking this path feels\u2026 different.<\/p><p id=\"ember13271\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\">Fundraisers and charities are at their wits end; worried about budget, morale and simply keeping the doors open. Planning has become ever more precarious, laced with the fear of further funding pauses.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p id=\"ember13272\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\">Previously a (relatively) dependable branch of income, Trust fundraising has become an incredibly competitive space and success rates have fallen through the floor. Trusts temporarily closing their grant programmes adds to the challenging funding environment and knocks carefully mapped plans off course.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p id=\"ember13273\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\">I\u2019m sure that funders undertake a careful assessment of how a pause for deep strategic work will serve their charitable objectives. That they make the difficult decision of long-term benefit outweighing short-term costs. I don\u2019t know how that calculation works or if it\u2019s the right formula, but I am left wondering if the equation adds up to \u2018pause for strategy\u2019, why this isn\u2019t a common option within grant streams?<\/p><p id=\"ember13274\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\">I\u2019ve been trying to recall a time I\u2019ve seen a funder support a charity to pause for strategic development and nothing comes to mind. There may be examples out there, but I think it\u2019s fair to say it\u2019s not standard practice.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p id=\"ember13275\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\">Perhaps because there\u2019s the question of whether a charity would want to pause their work for an extended recalibration period. It would undoubtedly be a complicated process. But more complicated than what many teams are dealing with already? There are so many organisations that have struggled in vain to adapt to external or internal changes whilst still meeting expectations, needs, targets and undertaking \u2018business as usual\u2019 work. It\u2019s a tall order by anyone\u2019s standards. Which I assume is why funders are taking the \u2018pause to plan\u2019 approach.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p id=\"ember13276\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\">Whilst it wouldn\u2019t be appropriate for every organisation, I suspect there would be an appetite for either winding down to a strategic development pause or finding an altogether new way to really focus on how to have a meaningful impact.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p id=\"ember13277\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\">It would take brave and bold leaders on both sides of the funding table to explore such an approach, but I can\u2019t help thinking that it might be just the tonic for organisations trying to do so much with so little.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97fa73e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"97fa73e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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I\u2019ve lost count of the number of people I\u2019ve spoken with who are worried about funders closing their doors to focus on their own strategy. Whilst the practice is not brand new, the timing and number of Trusts taking this path feels\u2026 different. 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