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Are we failing to focus on disadvantaged places?

13th September 2018 admin

New research has revealed the scale of the problem in local government finances in the most disadvantaged areas of the

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Building a better sense of community

12th September 2018 admin

NPC CEO Dan Corry shares some reflections on the government’s recent Civil Society Strategy.

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Potential difficulties registering EU migrants

6th September 2018 admin

With the UK planning to leave the EU in March 2019, the Transition Advice Fund has commissioned a study of

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When (not) to merge

1st September 2018 admin

Our research has found many positives for charities from mergers but they’re not always appropriate. Thinking about when they aren’t

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We need to talk about brexit

17th August 2018 admin

With just over half a year till the UK’s official exit from the European Union, Clare Wilkins, NPC Head of

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3 ways to really tackle homelessness

15th August 2018 admin

With the government’s rough sleeping strategy now out, Katie Boswell, NPC Deputy Head of Funders, sees it’s strengths, it’s weaknesses,

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NPC’s Summer Reads 2018

11th August 2018 admin

Summer is upon us, and here’s four recommendations from the NPC team for reading material to take away with you

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How are charities tackling homelessness?

4th August 2018 admin

Homelessness affects tens of thousands of people and the number is increasing. NPC is researching what the effective charity sector

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NHS & VCS at 70: NHS charities—towards an understanding of impact

27th July 2018 admin

NPC has been working with the Maddox Group of CEOs of NHS charities. Our work with them points towards both

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NHS & VCS at 70: Allies in the struggle for the nations health

20th July 2018 admin

The NHS has always been supported, in one way or another, by charities. Now, as we face a rising tide

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Where now for the National Citizens Service?

18th July 2018 admin

With a spending review coming up in 2019, NPC CEO Dan Corry explores whether the National Citizens Service is getting

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Doing ‘diversity’ right

14th July 2018 admin

The sector is waking up to it’s lack of diversity but, through being adopted, has the term itself been devalued?

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NHS & VCS at 70: How charities can drive change when the NHS is under financial pressure

13th July 2018 admin

How do health charities drive change for patients when the NHS is under pressure from every direction? It’s time to

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Ignites 2018: Meeting the challenge of change

7th July 2018 admin

NPC CEO Dan Corry argues that, just as the fortunes of the England team may change constantly, so does the

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NHS & VCS at 70: Can charity models help reduce health inequality?

6th July 2018 admin

On the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, we launch the first of three blog examining the relationship

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Diversity in the voluntary sector: we’re only just getting started

4th July 2018 admin

Amina Memon, Professor of Psychology at Royal Holloway University blogs to introduce work she has done in collaboration with NPC.

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Our long-term vision for the voluntary sector in criminal justice

29th June 2018 admin

Consultant Grace Wyld sets out the three areas which will define NPC’s criminal justice work over the next year.

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#NPCIgnites 2018: Inspiring the social sector

23rd June 2018 admin

The programme for 2018’s NPC Ignites has been announced. Find out about the big names and bigger topics you can

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Reforming charitable tax reliefs

21st June 2018 admin

Sir Nicholas Montagu KCB, Chair of the Charity Tax Commission shares his thoughts on the role and goals of the

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What’s the chance your impact-investment has an impact?

21st June 2018 admin

Comparing impact across different investment opportunities is extremely hard to do. But there are tools to help you make an

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Five years of justice data labs

29th May 2018 admin 0 Comments

It’s five years since the Justice Data Lab was launched and we should celebrate! If you haven’t heard of it,

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Submission to the civil society strategy

24th May 2018 admin 0 Comments

This week NPC made our submission to the civil society strategy consultation from DCMS. Lots of other social sector organisations

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Mental health: awareness for all?

15th May 2018 admin 0 Comments

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, when charities from around the UK try to challenge people’s attitudes to individuals

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Start, collaborate, and listen.

10th May 20183rd June 2018 admin 0 Comments

Collaboration is good. At NPC we talk about it a lot but, perhaps because it is so good, going on

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What is changed by collaboration in a place?

2nd May 20183rd June 2018 admin 0 Comments

Deputy Leader of Lambeth since 2014 and Vice President of the RSPCA, Imogen Walker is stepping down from elected office

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What we learned: Investigating the ‘impact’ in impact investment

29th April 20183rd June 2018 admin 0 Comments

Every [financial] investment is an impact investment. The problem is that most people don’t know if their investments have a

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The future of civil society

25th April 20183rd June 2018 admin 0 Comments

Writing for NPC on the day of the launch of Civil Society Futures’one-year interim report, its chair—Julia Unwin—reflects on her

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Readiness or resilience?

24th April 20183rd June 2018 admin 0 Comments

What is investment readiness? It’s a concept commonly found in the social entrepreneurship sector, but what does it mean? And

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Capturing the impact in impact investment

23rd April 20183rd June 2018 admin 0 Comments

Impact investing continues to rise up the agenda. These days major institutions from Barclays to BlackRock are involved but, despite

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‘Trust me, I’m a charity…’

19th April 20183rd June 2018 admin 0 Comments

I attended my first NCVO conference on Monday, and I’m pleased to report that I enjoyed it tremendously. I was

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Let’s talk mission and merger

18th April 201811th May 2018 admin 0 Comments

Researching mergers has taken me into territory I barely knew existed and exploded my preconceptions. Firstly, mergers are not always

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Some problems with place

12th April 201811th May 2018 admin 0 Comments

As I set out last week, we’re undergoing a revival of interest in the potential of place-based initiatives to effect

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Unsettling funding—The Transition Advice Fund

11th April 201811th May 2018 admin 0 Comments

According to research published today by the Migration Observatory, thousands of UK residents could be at risk of losing the

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Should you trust a charity with your data?

10th April 201811th May 2018 admin 0 Comments

As the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal continues to grow, it’s fascinating to see the different interpretations across social

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What does ‘impact measurement’ really mean?

25th October 201719th November 2017 admin 0 Comments

We use the terms ‘impact’ and ‘impact measurement’ a lot. But what do they really mean? For me ‘impact’ has

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Sensing a change: Apps for the future

23rd October 201719th November 2017 admin 0 Comments

How would you go about counting every tree in a forest to track deforestation? Tricky. Maybe you could get together

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Stop quoting Latin in your board meetings

17th October 201719th November 2017 admin 0 Comments

At NPC’s annual conference, NPC Ignites, the conversation around governance focused mostly on board diversity. Whilst it was clear there

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Are you sitting uncomfortably?

12th October 201719th November 2017 admin 0 Comments

I was going to write a triumphal blog about our conference, NPC Ignites, which took place this week. A blog

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Funders and mental health: Progress made, progress still needed

9th October 201717th November 2017 admin 0 Comments

Today marks World Mental Health Day. In the year that has passed since the last one, it became harder than

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A time for radicalism

5th October 201716th November 2017 admin 0 Comments

A bizarro mood was noticeable at this year’s party conferences. At Labour the atmosphere was jubilant, despite them having lost

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Giving the voluntary sector some space to think

3rd October 201710th November 2017 admin 0 Comments

As I said recently, ‘There are a lot of very good people in the charity and social enterprise sector, but

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5 types of data for assessing your work: An explainer

28th September 20177th November 2017 admin 0 Comments

I’ve worked with many charities and social enterprises over the years—to help them work out what data they need to

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Are we missing the bigger picture?

25th September 20172nd November 2017 admin 0 Comments

One of the biggest things hanging over all of us at present is where the North Korean nuclear missile issue

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15 years of NPC: What I’ve learned

21st September 201731st October 2017 admin 0 Comments

4 minute read This year at NPC we celebrate our 15th anniversary. 15 years doesn’t sound long, but our 2002

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Long read: Charities’ prison access problem and the promise of digital

18th September 201726th October 2017 admin 0 Comments

An acute public sector worker crisis in our prisons means that some officers are too understaffed to safely unlock prisoners

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Where next for the Health Data Lab?

13th September 201724th October 2017 admin 0 Comments

In spring we wrote a letter—backed by 24 charities (large and small)—to the Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt, outlining the

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How do non-health charities help reduce health inequalities?

11th September 201718th October 2017 admin 0 Comments

Breaking through the Brexit negotiation headlines yesterday was a different story on how Britain is distinguishing itself from Europe. Our

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Funding the fight against loneliness in older people

7th September 201713th October 2017 admin 0 Comments

Things that are baffling me today: Someone thought it was a good idea to create 8 The Fast and Furious

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Is grant-making fit for the digital future?

4th September 201710th October 2017 admin 0 Comments

As pretty much everyone has noticed, we’re in the middle of a great revolution driven by digital technology and the

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Mike Adamson: What the Red Cross learned at Grenfell Tower

31st August 20176th October 2017 admin 0 Comments

Mike Adamson became chief executive of the British Red Cross in October 2014. Before that he was managing director of

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15 years of NPC: How it all began

30th August 20174th October 2017 admin 0 Comments

Peter is one of NPC’s founding trustees and was Chair of the board from 2010 to 2012. He is also

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What’s next for the State of the Sector?

28th August 201729th September 2017 admin 0 Comments

Throughout the summer at NPC we launched a series of pieces from our State of the Sector programme. This work

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Getting to grips with proportionate evaluation

23rd August 201726th September 2017 admin 0 Comments

Erica leads NPC’s work on Inspiring Impact, a UK-wide collaborative movement aiming to promote good impact practice across the voluntary

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Post-Peterborough, let’s keep debating the value of SIBs

21st August 201722nd September 2017 admin 0 Comments

A successful Social Impact Bond (SIB)? Let’s celebrate… A few weeks ago there was a lot of commotion and champagne

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How to use your data to drive decisions

14th August 201719th September 2017 admin 0 Comments

We’re surrounded by data Water, water everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink Not that we’re exactly stranded on a

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Campaigning for change: In it for the long haul

3rd August 201714th September 2017 admin 0 Comments

Paul Parker is Recording Clerk of Quakers in Britain, the closest the 13,000-strong Quaker community gets to a chief executive.

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Long read: Towards a tipping point for impact investment

24th July 201712th September 2017 admin 0 Comments

The impact investment market is growing at an exciting rate Returning from three days in Chicago at the Global Steering

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Yes we can: Wisdom from the sector’s boldest thinkers

20th July 20178th September 2017 admin 0 Comments

When we started our State of the Sector programme we knew that charitable organisations were struggling in the midst sweeping

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