I hope the New Year has started well for you all. Although we are in mid January preparations are well and truly underway for the EFC’s 23rd Annual General Assembly and Conference, entitled 'Peace through Social Justice – a role for foundations?' which will take place in Belfast from 6-8 June. Registration for the event is already open and you can get a flavour of what is in store through this preview. We would be grateful for any help you can give us in terms of spreading the word, so feel free to use our promotional material page to this end.

One session that I think will be of particular interest will be Risky Business as innovation and risk-taking are particularly important in turbulent economic times such as these. I think the session will serve to raise important questions about why foundations feel comfortable discussing (and taking) risks within their investment divisions, but are oddly adverse to taking risks in programming. To inform the session, we are hunting for stories from foundations that are familiar with risk. So please do send me your anecdotes and let us know if you learned anything from your risk taking, and if your (and your organisation’s) appetite for risk has changed as a result!

Warm regards,

Gerry Salole
Chief Executive

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