In the 2010 Demos report, Measuring Social Value, supported by the Foundation, BTCV was identified as ‘the most comprehensive reporter of social value’ of the 30 charities assessed by the report. At the same time, BTCV’s participation in an event at the Foundation to discuss the ACEVO report Learning to Succeed brought to light the potential of its powerful in-house Management Information System (MIS) to track the activity of its volunteers. 

In 2008, following the success of the Clore Leadership Programme for the cultural sector, the Clore Duffield Foundation established the Clore Social Leadership Programme (CSLP). The catalyst was evidence from the social sector of minimal training provision for those with leadership potential for the future, unlike the public and private sectors where aspiring leadership is often supported. 

The Gulbenkian Foundation’s partnership with the Galapagos Conservation Trust (GCT) developed from a simple enquiry – were there innovative ways of engaging the public in the environmental, social and political context of the Islands, a microcosm of world concerns? From this tentative question there evolved a robust partnership between the Foundation and the GCT, culminating in the Gulbenkian Galapagos Artists’ Residency Programme which has run from a pilot in 2007 to its completion in 2011; and the Gulbenkian Galapagos exhibition of the new work made by the 13 artists to tour to 3 venues over 2012 – 13 – to The Bluecoat, Liverpool, the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, and to the Foundation’s own gallery, the Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM), Lisbon. The project meets the core aims of the UK Branch’s Environment theme: To help in the development of a society which benefits from a more sustainable relationship with the natural world and understands the value of its resources. 

IntergenerationAll is a programme of pilot projects – 11 in the UK and 7 in Portugal – testing a range of intergenerational models in a variety of settings. The programme, which has also been developed under the Foundation’s Fulfilling Potential theme, is an interesting example of a multiparty initiative bringing together a broad range of partners with different assets and attributes. 

The Literary Translation Centre was launched at the 2010 London Book Fair with the aim of raising the profile of translators and translated literature in the UK. It was designed to be a place where publishers and translators could meet, network and participate in seminars on the subject of literature in translation, with a view to increasing the quantity and quality of translated literature available to the UK public. 

MEAM is a coalition of four national charities – Clinks, DrugScope, Homeless Link and Mind – which is supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch) under its Fulfilling Potential theme to influence policy and services for adults facing multiple needs and exclusions.  MEAM grew from a series of discussions – initiated and supported by the Foundation’s UK Director, Andrew Barnett – between charity Chief Executives from across a range of sectors.