Back in 2006 the Labour government introduced the Charities Act, a piece of legislation which was far from revolutionary but was both necessary and remarkable, in that it was the first comprehensive …
A Risky Business
Government policy involves the transfer of risk to the Third Sector - can they cope? No one who is aware of Comprehensive Spending Review - ‘The Cuts’ - can be in any doubt that local authority …
From Big Society to Chaos
For Progress Online, 5 November 2010 So the Cabinet Office minister responsible for the ‘Big Society’, Francis Maude, has promised a future that is "chaotic and disorderly". “If I had a plan, it …
The Big Global Society
Getting Business on Board in the Big Global Society DEA Conference: Big Global Society: unlocking social action on global issues I’m going to start by stating the bleedin’ obvious: in the current …
Gains from Co-operation
Speech to Wilton Park Conference on Foundations and Development, 5 October 2010 Imagine if instead of my old boss Valerie Amos, Jeremy Clarkson was in charge of humanitarian relief at the UN. He …
Civil Society, Third Sector, Big Society?
For Progress Online, September 2010: Did the Coalition really spend thousands of pounds changing the name of the Office of the Third Sector to the Office of Civil Society because Dave “didn’t like …
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