Funding and partnerships

We work at the intersection of academia, industry and government and collaborate with a range of partners that seek to build a fairer future through better work.

We are interested in partnering with aligned organisations to develop new knowledge and insights, helping to drive significant impact.

We are open to exploring new and innovative ways of working with organisations. This involves collaboration through research collaborations, impact partnerships, capacity building and sponsorship.

If you are interested in becoming a partner or want to find out more about our work, please email our Head of Partnerships, Jo Marriott.

Grant and institutional funders

Thank you to all the fantastic supporters that fund our work and help us achieve impact.

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We are committed to transparency and accountability in our activities, including fundraising. Our mixed funding model is designed to reflect our position as a growing, independent charitable trust.

In addition to this, we are proud to be independent, and our funders do not gain influence over our activities in return for their financial support. We seek to disclose all sources of funding within our full annual accounts but want to thank all funders, past and present, for your belief and support in our organisation.

We are committed to the fundraising ethics and standards set out in the Institute of Fundraising’s Code of Fundraising Practice. Our latest accounts for 2023/24 can be found here.

Research partners

We are keen to explore new ways of working with research organisations to help build a base of knowledge to advance a collective understanding into the Future of Work.

We currently work with academic organisations on research projects, through secondments and through our Research Fellow network. To find out more about our Research Fellow network, please visit this page.

Current academic partnerships include:
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● BRAID
● University of Warwick Business School
● DIGIT
● People Led Digitalisation  

Impact partners

We work with a breadth of organisations interested in applying our research and knowledge within their own contexts.

These partnerships seek to facilitate two-way knowledge exchange as we seek to learn from organisational contexts and better understand emerging challenges and opportunities being faced.

You can find out more about existing impact partnerships through the following case studies:

● CIPD
● Community Union
● Partnership on AI
● DWP
● Automate UK
● The APPG on the Future of Work

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APPG on the Future of Work

The Institute is the Strategic Research Partner for the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Future of Work. Find out more about the APPG.

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