The State of the Sector in 2012

| January 18, 2012

Shortly before Christmas, I read a very interesting article that claims the UK is now the fifth most charitable nation in the world. This is great to hear, particularly in these challenging economic times.  I feel quite strongly that supporting a charity financially is the best thing an individual can do as the majority of charities [...]

Not-For-Profits and Public Services, a match made in heaven?

| 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. [...]