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		<title>The State of the Sector in 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.empathuk.org/blog/2012/the-state-of-the-sector-in-2012#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-state-of-the-sector-in-2012</link>
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		<title>Competition &#8211; good for every sector</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am essentially, a free market thinker. I love the concepts of choice and competition, and believe strongly that when applied, and supported correctly, these concepts result in better products and services. This belief does not seem to be shared amongst many in the sector, and it seems to be widely thought that if charities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.empathuk.org/blog/2011/competition-good-for-every-sector#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=competition-good-for-every-sector</link>
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		<title>Not-For-Profits and Public Services, a match made in heaven?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.empathuk.org/blog/2011/not-for-profits-and-public-services-a-match-made-in-heaven#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=not-for-profits-and-public-services-a-match-made-in-heaven</link>
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		<title>To Fund Impact or Activity, that is the Question</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.empathuk.org/blog/2011/to-fund-impact-or-activity-that-is-the-question#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=to-fund-impact-or-activity-that-is-the-question</link>
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		<title>Charity Lotteries&#8230;. Good for the sector?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.empathuk.org/blog/2011/charity-lotteries-good-for-the-sector#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=charity-lotteries-good-for-the-sector</link>
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		<title>Empath UK &#8211; Improving Philanthropy in the UK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to use this, my first post, to give you a brief overview of philanthropy in the UK (as I see it), and a broad introduction to Empath UK. Philanthropy comes in many different forms in the UK, with different people supporting different causes in a number of ways. Two well known ways [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.empathuk.org/blog/2011/empath-uk-improving-philanthropy-in-the-uk#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=empath-uk-improving-philanthropy-in-the-uk</link>
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