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

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Welcome to our May impact round-up. Each month in NCVO Charities Evaluation Services we summarise the latest

During the week of the consultation deadline, ACEVO CEO Vicky Browning shares her thoughts on what the civil society strategy

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

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 It’s becoming increasingly acknowledged that loneliness, a problem usually associated with older people, is now prevalent among

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Last year, for the third year, we asked our members to tell us how they thought we

Although not for the faint-hearted, changing a charity’s name, look and offer can be exactly what’s needed to broaden your

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

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Today, NCVO submitted its response to the Charity Commission’s consultation on new guidance for charities ‘connected’ to

DBS checks play an important role in ensuring robust safeguarding procedures. Sarah Thompson, business development manager at uCheck, explores the

Grant reporting is broken. Can we fix it? May 2018 Blogs ‘Funder-led. Bureaucratic. Time-consuming. Misunderstood.’ These are words used to

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Diversity was the subject of three different workshops at the NCVO annual conference last month: ‘Diversity and

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Here’s our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities. This month we

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 The NCVO’s UK Civil Society Almanac is a rich source of information on the voluntary sector. To

Darren York, CEO at TCV, the community volunteering charity, found that involving staff from the very beginning helped to ensure

Lyn Waddington is studying an MSc in strategy, leadership and change at Bristol University. She is also chair of a

The Skills Builder framework provides not only a shared language for these skills but also a step-by-step approach that makes

This session will follow on from the Responsible Business Tracker discussion session in May, where there was an opportunity to

This session will follow on from the Responsible Business Tracker discussion session in May, where there was an opportunity to

This session will follow on from the Responsible Business Tracker discussion session in May, where there was an opportunity to

Senior Researcher May 2018 News We have an exciting opportunity for a creative, analytical and driven individual to join our

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Imagine waking up tomorrow and finding that every single one of your charity’s files had been encrypted

Income diversification is key to many civil society organisations’ sustainability. But where do you begin? asks Steph Taylor, senior advisory

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 April may have been dominated by the news that we had five days of nice weather, but:

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 This month we have a bumper edition of news and events, and a lot of opportunities to

The winner, Mercure Convention Center Ancol Jakarta, beat entries from around the world to win the title. The hotel was

Stephen Farrant, Director of Sustainability, Innovation and Sectors on why purpose-driven leaders are essential. It seems as though map reading,

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Community transport includes diverse services, from rural bus services running a set route, to local school minibuses

Outcome Digital transformation drives smart forms of economic growth on a finite planet, reduces poverty and inequalities, and improves lives

Gudrun Cartwright, Business in the Community Environment Director invites all businesses to join Business in the Community in co-creating a

Jane Pritchard, Business in the Community’s Enterprise Director, discusses how the state of high streets give us an insight into

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

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Welcome to our April impact round-up. Each month in NCVO Charities Evaluation Services we summarise the latest

Jean Spencer of Anglian Water speaks of collaborative working and multi-sector, regional resource planning. Last year myself and a group

Rachael Saunders, Education Director, Business in the Community on the role of education and business leaders in the regeneration of

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

Louise Aston, Wellbeing Director at Business in the Community, on how we can use innovations in SMEs to ensure employee

During national stress awareness month, Hannah Massarella from Bird talks about the importance of self-care for charity CEOs. Short-term stress

Unexpected events, such as flooding, fire or cyber attacks, can hit a small business hard. Yet, 43% of small businesses

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Work and Pensions select committee publishes report on European Social Funds The Work and Pensions select committee

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

Based in and around the town of Newmarket in Suffolk, it provides a place to showcase the combined effect of

Amanda Mackenzie, Chief Executive, Business in the Community, welcomes Responsible Business Week 2018 and discusses how we can make the

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

Jonathan Levy, managing director at Class Networks, discusses the opportunities presented to the third sector by the digital revolution. We

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

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

Former ACEVO member Mary McPhail is now an executive/life coach and an associate coach with Working with Cancer. She shares

When we started the Future Proof campaign two years ago, backed by the City & Guilds Group, youth unemployment was

Employment law specialist Ellis Whittam offers three top tips for charities when dealing with whistleblowing. With whistleblowing practices and policies

Ellie Hale, digital fellowship and communities lead at CAST, talks about digital leadership. For the last two years, CAST has

Simon Callaghan, director of fundraising appointments at Peridot Partners, talks about the absence of fundraising skills on trustee boards. The

Laura Chalkley, head of team at employment law specialists Ellis Whittam, discusses resigning during a disciplinary procedure. Recent events have

New resource for voluntary and community organisations January 2018 Jane Hatfield Blogs Today, we launch a new area of our

How will I know if it’s the right thing to do? January 2018 Blogs We asked the leaders of three

Forget about the strategy, business plan and theory of change: start with what you want to do and why January

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

You can prepare for the forthcoming European data protection legislation but you should also be prepared to survive a data

‘My hope is that once and for all, progress is made’ October 2017 Maggie Sanderson Blogs Maggie Sanderson is a

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

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The line between exec and non-exec responsibilities isn’t always clear. But a recent discussion between a number of board members

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Last month the Charity Commission launched its consultation about changes to the Annual Return for financial years

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 When it comes to grant funding, we’re all guilty of ploughing the same furrow, especially if it

“Listen to the first episodewith Amanda Mackenzie, CEO of BITC, and Ozzie Clarke-Binns, Chair of the Youth Advisory Board, BITC,

Siobhan O’Neill, from the International Tourism Partnership, discusses how ITP’s four Goals for 2030 will unite the hotel industry for

What it’s like to be under the microscope October 2017 Gina Crane | Communications and Learning Manager at Esmée Fairbairn

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

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn5 The Charity Governance Code: Am I applying or explaining? Through our consulting and training we are starting

Philanthropy Impact is supported by its members and donors. The website has been developed in collaboration with the UK Community

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Full-time social action review NCVO have submitted our response to the full-time social action review. We said

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Applications are open for the seventh year of NCVO’s ‘A Day in the Life’ work shadowing programme,

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

Safeguarding staff should be a leadership priority not an afterthought says Rachel Griffin, CEO of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust I

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 How to share your evaluation findings with funders and donors There’s some new guidance on NCVO Knowhow

Your favorite websites do not provide RSS? So now you can’t track its news and updates from RSS reader It

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

Changing the way we treat our donors isn’t just a job for fundraisers says Peter Lewis, chief executive of the

The secret to collaborative funding in practice? Relationships, trust, time and reflection. October 2017 Blogs To celebrate the publication of

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