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Interim Grants Manager (part-time) Role Open for Applications – the Rayne Foundation
We are delighted to be welcoming applications for a part-time, interim grants manager at the Rayne Foundation. Working as part of our small team, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our work supporting people in later life and their carers, refugees and...
The Rayne Foundation Report and Financial Statements 2025
The Trustees present their report and financial statements for The Rayne Foundation for the year ended 30 November 2025. Read the report here.
The Statistics Behind Our Decisions
Rayne Foundation 2024-2026Following the announcement of our intention to move to targeted calls for applications, we promised to share more details about the numbers of applications we receive and our success rates. We first stated our intention to become more...
Better Careers for Better Care: Supporting professional development opportunities for people working in social care
The journey the Foundation has been on to learn about the challenges and opportunities facing adult social care, and our future plans for proactive funding into the sector.
Targeted calls for applications to replace rolling, open programme
Following careful and detailed consideration, the Rayne Foundation is replacing its rolling, open grants programme with regular, targeted and time-limited calls in its priority areas. This change is part of the Foundation's continued evolution and...
The Young Foundation: our new partner for ‘Where People Meet’
We are delighted to announce our partnership with The Young Foundation as our learning partner on the ‘Where People Meet’ programme. The Young Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation driving community research and social innovation. It brings communities,...
Rayne Trust announces allocation of ‘Where People Meet’ funding
In this blog, Rachel Henry, our Project Officer for ‘Where People Meet’, shares an overview of the grants programme and reflects on her experiences visiting the inspiring projects we’re supporting.
Better Careers for Better Care: Second open call
The journey the Foundation has been on to learn about the challenges and opportunities facing adult social care, and our future plans for proactive funding into the sector.
IT Support Services Tender
The Rayne Foundation is retendering for an IT support service to ensure that our IT effectively supports our role as a pro-active and strategic funder with an open grantmaking process. We are inviting tenders for an IT managed service contract of 3 years. The deadline...
Better Careers for Better Care: Reflections on the Community of Practice
The journey the Foundation has been on to learn about the challenges and opportunities facing adult social care, and our future plans for proactive funding into the sector.
“The relationship is really important; it feels like we are working together and we’re aligned in working collectively towards the same aims. The benefit of being a smaller foundation is that you can have personal relationships with grantees.”