Summary
ACF's flagship annual event – this year exploring the power of collaboration, connection and collective impact in an ever-changing world.
ACF's flagship conference is the UK's leading event for charitable foundation leaders, trustees and staff. Whether you’re shaping strategy, making grants, or managing investments, this is your opportunity to connect with peers, gain practical insights, and stay ahead of the curve.
This year’s conference will be focused on Connecting the dots: exploring the power of collaboration, connection and collective impact. You’ll join hundreds of colleagues from small, medium and large foundations across the UK for a day of fresh ideas, bold conversation, shared learning, and future-focused thinking.
The challenges foundations face today don't have simple, singular solutions. The answers lie in reaching across boundaries. In the partnerships and perspectives we bring together. In recognising that people are at the heart of every connection. And in what becomes possible when we do.
This year's conference is where that thinking comes alive: a space to see yourself within the wider ecosystem, to forge the relationships that make collaboration real, and to be reminded that the most important dots to connect are human ones.
- 8.30am - 9.35am registration opens
- 9.45am - 5pm - ACF conference 2026
- 5pm - 6pm - evening networking drinks
Location: County Hall, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 7PB.
Non-members are welcome to attend the conference if they meet the criteria for ACF membership.
Please note that tickets for the ACF conference are for trusts and foundations only.
