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Ewan Kirk, Founder of the Turner Kirk Trust

Understanding the mantra — Permission to Fail

Permission to Fail is a concept developed at the Turner Kirk Trust to encourage smart risk-taking, innovation, and learning, and to change how non-profit organisations view failure. This article discusses in depth what this mantra means for the Turner Kirk Trust.

Dr. Ewan Kirk — Philanthropy needs strategy, not just money

Following Patagonia's shift from making profit to funding charities, our co-founder Dr. Ewan Kirk talks about how we can better approach philanthropy and create the biggest change possible.
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Dr Ewan Kirk — “We want charities to experiment, think up innovative ideas, then go and try them.”

This month, we conducted an interview with our co-founder, Dr Ewan Kirk, on the Turner Kirk Trust’s innovative approach to funding, grant-making, and philanthropy.

Dr. Patricia Turner — “I believe that conserving biodiversity is not a luxury but a survival imperative”

Our co-founder, Dr. Patricia Turner, gives an interview on biodiversity, philanthropy and the new Turner Fellowship Programme at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative that she is spearheading.