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With annual accounts to finalise, budgets to set and funding streams to consider, March is a month in which questions of ‘process’ are often at the forefront of charity managers’ minds. This is especially true for those charities with a traditional focus on service delivery – and even more so in a time of heavy demand from service users mired in difficult economic circumstances. Read more »
Delroy Corinaldi
Partnership – the buzz word of the party conference season
The party conference season is always a good opportunity to reflect on the position of the third sector and the issues likely to face us all over the coming months. Speaking to people across the sector on the fringe this year, I have been struck by one common theme – predictions of increased demand for charities’ services and busy times ahead for us all. Read more »
What does the changing media environment mean for charities?
The revelations surrounding phone hacking at the News of the World
constitute perhaps the most damaging scandal to hit the media in a
generation. Public confidence in
the Fourth Estate, or at least some sections of it, has been badly hit,
prompting calls for a wholesale change in the UK’s media culture. But what does this changing media
landscape mean for charities?
How the internet can help charities do more for less
Most charities are finding themselves in
the unenviable position of being asked to deliver more for less as a
consequence of the vulnerable government finances and a decline in donations.
I believe that the innovative use of
technology could prove to be the sector’s saviour in these austere times.
Understanding household pressures
This April’s pay cheque will be the first time individuals and families
feel the impact of the 45 major tax and benefit changes coming into effect next
month.
As household budgets buckle, service users and stakeholders of charities
are likely to feel this pressure more than most and the third sector needs to
understand how they are being affected by pressures on their household budgets.
Thinking outside the funding box
Charities have been delivering crucial
public services long before the term big society was coined.
Often created in response to a social need
that was not being met by the state, these charities now provide national
services that form part of the social safety net people have a right to expect
in a civilised society.
