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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

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Welcome to the first in a new series of impact round-ups, produced by NCVO Charities Evaluation Services.

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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

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 What makes a news pitch successful? That’s the question every press officer no doubt asks themselves whenever

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Change is something I used to think of in the context of big projects: a new project,

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

Louise Aston, Business in the Community Wellbeing Director shares her shock and anger at the statistics within the Mental Health

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 Claire Benard is senior data scientist in the research team at NCVO. She collects, processes and analyses

Council and Funder Collaboration: Islington’s story October 2017 Helen Kersley | Programme Director at the Cripplegate Foundation Blogs In 2012,

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The health and social care sector faces six key challenges and opportunities, says Steve James, CEO of the Avenues Group,

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

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 It’s been a quiet September on the government front for public services, with parliament only back briefly

Purpose-driven brands are transforming the global economy by designing new product and service offerings that meet new societal aspirations and

The International Tourism Partnership (ITP) has today (Tuesday 26 September) announced four Goals supported by ITP member companies as the

Twitter0 Facebook0 LinkedIn0 In December 2016, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced an independent review into

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