Tag Archives: The Sector
A Treasure Hunt on the Side
Words, when spoken out loud for the sake of performance, are music. They have rhythm, and pitch, and timbre, and volume. These are the properties of music and music has the ability to find us, and move us, and lift us up in ways that […]
What We’ve Been Doing: A Video from Daniel
Daniel and the team have been singing your praises at a number of significant meetings recently, including 10 Downing Street. Check out his video blog below. In the blog, Daniel makes mention of:[wp-members status=”in”] MyManifesto – tweet us your suggestion with #mymanifesto The Friendly Places […]
Voluntary sector sees “revolving door” of staff, says report
The voluntary sector is experiencing a “revolving door” of staff with employee turnover levels at a post-recession high of 22 per cent, according to a People Count Third Sector Report released today by Agenda Consulting. The survey involving 71 UK third sector organisations, found that […]
Do not forget charities’ needs in social investment drive – CAF
Government has been reminded not to ignore the needs of charities when it comes to pushing social investment, in a new report published by the Charities Aid Foundation. The study warns that although social investment is an approach with huge potential, policy makers risk focusing […]
Charity partnerships with corporates are now longer and worth more, says report
Partnerships between companies and charities are becoming longer and worth more money to charities, according to a new report. The consultancy C&E Advisory’s annual Corporate NGO Partnerships Barometer is based on a survey of 130 corporates and NGOs involved in partnerships. It says there has […]
Davis Smith: Volunteers are deterred by compensation culture myth
The widespread public perception that a compensation culture pervades UK society is a big problem that deters people from volunteering, Justin Davis Smith, NCVO‘s volunteering chief, told Parliament last week. Giving evidence last week at the committee stage debate for the Social Action, Responsibility and […]
Vicky Browning, director of CharityComms, announces first meeting of ‘criticism working group’
The charity communications professionals membership body CharityComms is setting up a working group that will consider how charities can respond to public criticism. It will organise a round-table discussion next month that will involve groups including the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, the Charity Commission and […]
Umbrella bodies ‘have failed to resist government agenda for the sector’
Umbrella bodies have lost independence and have not adequately opposed cuts to government spending or the privatisation of public services, according to a report published last week by the National Coalition for Independent Action. The NCIA is an alliance of campaigners who lobby for independent […]
Cancer Research UK named best charity brand of 2014
Cancer Research UK has regained top spot in the annual Third Sector Charity Brand Index, which gauges public awareness of charity brands. The cancer charity was last year knocked off the top spot for the first time in three years by Macmillan Cancer Support, which […]
Charity sector workforce grows by 35,000
The number of people employed in the voluntary sector rose by 35,000 in accounts and annual returns filed in the year to March 2014 with the Charity Commission. Commission figures, when compared to figures for the previous year show that full-time equivalent staff numbers rose […]
