Place Matters

Who we are

We are a small entrepreneurial charity with a passion for social justice.  We love our work supporting cross-sector, place-based initiatives that seek to tackle the root causes of inequality and social injustice in communities and address barriers faced by those dealing with poverty and disadvantage.  

Our activities enable communities and anchor organisations (such as community organisations, education, health, local governments) to act within a place, inform a wider collaborative movement of place-based change, and influence the wider system through evidence, insight and learning. Equity is threaded through all our work across a range of topics such as outcomes for children, economic resilience and health.  We also aim to strengthen the voice and influence of locally led change amongst funders, policymakers, public services and the private sector. 

We believe that communities, when empowered and supported, can transform the places they live for the better.  

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Place Matters is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their identity. Diversity and Inclusion is critical to our success and we actively seek to recruit, develop and retain talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

We particularly encourage applications from those candidates with lived experience of the disadvantage and discrimination that we seek to address.