15 July 2020

Covid-19 has shown yet again how important charities are in delivering public services

Should charities deliver public services? In this week's blog, Joe Saxton explores public perception of charities as public service providers, and discusses what Covid-19 has revealed about charities who also fulfil public service roles.

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Governance

Public Attitudes

Services

4 June 2020

Trustees now need to be professional volunteers. Is that a good thing?

Five good practice goals to recruit and appraise charity trustees.

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7 May 2020

How are Charity Public Affairs Teams engaging with MPs during the Covid-19 outbreak?

What is it like to be working with MPs and trying to influence change in the current political and social climate? We interviewed 7 people from a range of charities who are working with MPs at the moment to discover the challenges (and opportunities) they are facing.

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6 April 2020

Going viral: how is Covid-19 affecting charities?

We conducted 24 telephone interviews with charities in the last week to find out what life is like for them and their organisations at this time. Find out what they told us.

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6 April 2020

Going Viral | Covid-19: How have charities responded to the first phase of the crisis?

To find out how charities are responding to the first phase of the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak, we conducted twenty-four interviews speaking to a range of charity sector staff from CEOs and directors to fundraising, marketing and communications professionals.

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12 March 2020

Show me the money! How charities show financial data that differs from their formal accounts

This blog summarises our 'Show me the money!' report looking at how charities present their financial information.

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12 March 2020

Show me the money! The challenges in how charities present their financial information to the public

In this report we examine the ways that UK charities present their key financial information to the general public.

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15 January 2020

Journalists’ thoughts on what makes an effective charity CEO

We've conducted some research with journalists who work with charities to see what they think makes for an effective charity CEO, and how your CEO could engage better with the press. Read about it in this week's blog.

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Governance

Journalists

Media

9 January 2020

What does Miss Universe know about girls and leadership?

This week's blog looks at leadership in the charity sector, and what we might be able to learn from looking at alternative leadership models.

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Governance

Strategy

Young people

18 December 2019

Generation Game: How might the charity world have changed in 20 years?

What will the world look like for charities 20 years from now? Joe Saxton shares some predictions.

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18 December 2019

20 predictions for the future – how might the charity world have changed in 20 years?

What will world the world look like for charities 20 years from now? Joe Saxton shares some of his predictions for how the third sector might grow and change - for better or for worse - in the years to come.

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