Partnerships
The Fabian Society warmly welcomes the support of partners and funders from a range of different sectors to help us pursue our aims and priorities.
The Fabian Society is proud to have worked with a wide range of partners from across commercial and not for profit sectors on a broad scope of policy issues. There are a variety ways that your organisation can work with and support the Fabian Society.
Contact Rory O’Brien, our head of partnerships and events, to discuss opportunities for partnerships in more detail.
Partnership Opportunities
Events
The Fabian Society offers a comprehensive range of partnership opportunities within our events programme which range from large, national public conferences to private invitation-only expert roundtables and dinners. Each year we also run one of the largest fringe programmes at Labour party conference and have a presence at other political parties’ conferences.
Editorial
The Fabian Society produces publications, including books, pamphlets and policy reports. Many of our publications are distributed to the entire Fabian membership as well as to key stakeholders within Westminster. The Society also publishes the quarterly Fabian Review magazine which has a circulation of 7,500 including parliamentarians, policy makers and Fabian Society members throughout the country. Advertising, sponsorship and supplement opportunities are available. To see our full range of existing publications, please visit our publications page.
Research
Dedicated to new public policy and political ideas, we have a long history of high quality, politically salient projects with real impact. Fabian research projects include policy development projects and public attitudes studies involving qualitative and/or quantitative fieldwork. We also conduct major policy commissions and inquiries.
To learn more about our team of experts and current projects, visit our research page.
Recent partners
Abrdn Financial Fairness Trust
Age UK
Allianz
Association of British Insurers
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Barclays
Barrow Cadbury Trust
Betterworld Foundation
City of London Corporation
Community
Dartmouth Street Trust
Durham Law School
Electoral Reform Society
Evri
Fair by Design
Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Hallam Land Management
ICAEW
Independent Age
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Kindred 2
KPMG
Labour Coast and Country
Lloyds Banking Group
Local Trust
Maximus
McKesson
Meta
National Farmers’ Union
National Pharmaceutical Association
Norse Group
Octopus Group
Pensions and Lifetime Savings Associations
Phoenix Insights
Power to Change
Prospect
Royal London Group
Scope
Shelter
Step Change
Foundation
The Alex Ferry Foundation
The Betterworld Foundation
The Lankelly Chase Foundation
The Local Government Information Unit (LGiU)
The Musicians’ Union
The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
TheCityUK
Thrive
Trust for London
TUC
Uber
UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK)
Unbound Philanthropy
Unions 21
Unison
University of Liverpool
USDAW
Viatris
Vodafone
Woodland Trust
Worldline
WWF
Charitable grants
The society’s affiliation to the Labour party means we are not eligible to be a charity. However our individual projects are frequently funded by charities and charitable trusts, when they are satisfied that the work in question advances their own charitable purposes.
Fundraising policy
The Fabian Society is grateful for the support of external partners. The Fabian Society is accountable to its members and all sponsorship must be open and transparent. Details of all funding of £5,000 or more will be published, as part of our commitment to financial transparency.
The society only pursues sponsorship for projects that advance the aims of the Fabian Society and does not undertake work at the behest of others merely to obtain funding. The Fabian Society is not a lobbying organisation and does not accept funding to provide access to policy makers and politicians.
The Fabian Society does not accept funding from organisations whose activities the society deems to be unethical or who association with would damage the reputation of the Society. This includes, but is not limited to certain arms exporters (such as those exporting arms to regimes which violate human rights and manufacturers of landmines), manufacturers of tobacco and pornography, and companies whose activities in respect of employment, discrimination, the environment, taxation, corruption, intrusions on privacy and consumer protection are regarded as unacceptable). The general secretary shall decide whether this rule may apply to a specific organisation.