Partner-Up goes live

On Wednesday, 100 guests joined us from across the sector at an event to launch Partner-Up that was hosted by Eversheds.

Partner-Up is an independent marketplace where organisations can explore partnership options safely and receive support in making these new arrangements happen.

I was pleased with the event. We had a good turnout, with excellent speakers and the discussion was lively.

Each of our speakers talked candidly about the challenges that prevent more mergers/collaboration happening. Among other things, they pointed to the fact that charity leaders can often have an excessive attachment to either their corporate or personal brands at the expense of the long term interests of beneficiaries and that Board’s often show a lack of strategic foresight. Both points resonate strongly.

Since we ‘soft’ launched Partner-Up at the start of the year we have collected information from about 200 charities on their interests around mergers and there are 30 organisations that Partner-Up is actively helping to find partners.

For further information on these opportunities visit the website or contact Alex at: alex [at] partner-up.org