Hannah PatersonGood Endings and New BeginningsThis year is a big year of change for me. I have left The National Lottery Community Fund after eight years in several different roles and…5 min read·Aug 9, 2023----
Hannah PatersonMy GrannyMy Granny passed away peacefully surrounded by family on the 20th of November. I feel so incredibly lucky to have known her so well and to…6 min read·Dec 13, 2021--1--1
Hannah PatersoninParticipatory Grantmaking Community BlogFeedback with LoveI’ve been having a lot of conversations over recent months about what collective accountability can and should look like. The Participatory…4 min read·Jul 12, 2021----
Hannah PatersonThings that have happened to me because of my dyslexiaLots of things have happened to me because I’m dyslexic, it is one of the key things that has shaped my life and the directions I have…4 min read·May 21, 2021----
Hannah PatersonDyslexiaMy dyslexia has been playing on my mind a lot over the last few months. Most of the time my coping mechanisms and alternative ways of…3 min read·Apr 22, 2021----
Hannah PatersoninParticipatory Grantmaking Community BlogPaying decision-makersCameron Bray, Learning & Participation Manager at Barking & Dagenham Giving and Anne Shewring, Programme Director at Cripplegate…6 min read·Apr 1, 2021--1--1
Hannah PatersoninParticipatory Grantmaking Community BlogPutting Participation in Participatory Grantmaking by Khadra AdenIf we are doing Participatory Grantmaking by just inviting people to engage in the work that we do, in the way that we do it, without any…4 min read·Feb 9, 2021----
Hannah PatersoninParticipatory Grantmaking Community BlogThe Future of Participatory Grantmaking — some questions to get you thinkingQuestions for the the Future of Participatory Grantmaking3 min read·Jan 27, 2021----
Hannah PatersoninParticipatory Grantmaking Community BlogQuestions for Funders to Reflect onYesterday was the first in a series of leanring events on participatory grantmaking to launch my Fellowship report — Grassroots…2 min read·Jan 14, 2021----
Hannah PatersoninParticipatory Grantmaking Community BlogMore than just a Grant DecisionThe Deciding Together report draws attention to the fact that participatory grantmaking (PGM) is more than just grantmaking. It described…4 min read·Nov 7, 2020----