Alex Le Vey | November 3, 2011
A big ambition of the current Conservative-led Coalition Government is to encourage more not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) to bid for public service contracts and run public services. To me, this is a really fantastic idea, and will strengthen public services in the United Kingdom, if services become cheaper to the tax-payer as a by-product, even better. [...]
Alex Le Vey | October 24, 2011
Many charities have a bit of a problem on their hands when it comes to sourcing funds from large grant making bodies, such as the Big Lottery Fund (Big) – due to two reasons: competition and demonstrating / recording outcomes. Not much can be done about competition, sadly, there is just not enough money to [...]
Alex Le Vey | October 3, 2011
A number of charities run lotteries, and they have proved to be a safe source of income for them, with their popularity remaining robust even throughout the economic downturn. Interestingly, people that participate in charity lotteries are often new supporters, therefore adding to an existing supporter base rather than taking away from already established income [...]