Local Government
Searching outside the Council streetlight.
Council support can be unintentionally directed to those they have most contact with; not necessarily the people most in need.
Tom Neill-Eagle
Systems
Going multiplayer. What does a collaborative platform mean for charities?
When businesses work together, we call it collusion. It’s usually illegal. But for charities, it’s “collaboration”. Apparently, not working together is “damaging to communities”. Legally, the UK has a Government department dedicated to “promoting competition”. But the UK also has a Government department that explicitly advises: “Working together
"Big Tech" won't save the voluntary sector
Lamenting the state of charity digital skills has long been a popular past time for the sector. Fortunately, in the past couple of years, it seems we've found a theoretical cure-all in the form of "Big Tech" corporate social responsibility. However, despite months of gesturing in
Danny Kruger’s 'Levelling up our communities' report is good. Here’s how we'd implement it.
Danny Kruger’s report on levelling up communities is a sensible blueprint. We've got some implementation suggestions.
46% of grants cost more than they're worth
Every month we speak to charities frustrated with the difficulties of grant applications and reporting for their existing grants. Some organisations have raised the question of whether particular grants were even worth it? Would it have been better to just not apply? To answer that, we've got some