Further to the launch of Phase two of the RFL Plymouth place-based programme, applications are now open for the Plymouth Participatory Grant Making fund. This fund will be exclusively open to Plymouth RankNet member organisations*. [...]
This year the Memorial Award will be dedicated to Erin Donald (1998-2020) – Erin was a remarkable young woman who won the Memorial Award in 2019 with a plan to study drug rehabilitation programmes in Russia and South Africa. In 2017 [...]
The Rank Foundation celebrated the milestone of 10 years of the Time to Shine Leadership Programme in 2020. To mark the occasion, leaders past and present as well as RankNet members attended Mercers Hall in [...]
To measure the impact of our Recovery Grant Programme in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund, we produced 8 films with RankNet members. The [...]
This year, The Rank Foundation’s annual conference was held in Leeds with the theme ‘Take Stock and Reset’. The challenges of the pandemic greatly influenced the third sector and consequently the conference. With this [...]
In September, the Rank Network came together at Market Hall in Plymouth for the phase two launch of our Plymouth place-based programme awarding £1.6 million to Plymouth social enterprises with a particular focus on projects [...]
In March, The Rank Foundation hosted a virtual Showcase to celebrate and demonstrate the work of the 2020 Time to Shine leaders. No one could have predicted the challenges they would face both professionally and [...]
The Rank Foundation began Place-Based funding in Plymouth back in 2018 after rolling out place-based Engaged Philanthropy models in Hull and Dundee. Plymouth has become a fantastic place of collaboration, friendship and learning. 2020 [...]
August 2020 saw the launch of our “Wellbeing with Rank”, a series of virtual sessions organised by The Rank Foundation team for the benefit of RankNet members as a way of support during the [...]
In October I started my position at The Rank Foundation as the Digital Communications Officer. Being based in Cornwall, accompanied with my facemask, I travelled up the A30 to Plymouth to visit three Rank [...]