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Lynda Bellingham supports Action for Kids
Matthew Little
The late Luke FitzHerbert caused consternation in certain parts of the Square Mile a few years ago by arguing that trusts and foundations were wasting £100m a year paying for their investments to be 'actively managed' when they could achieve returns that were just as good by buying more humble tracker funds or common investment funds. One fund manager warned darkly that FitzHerbert's views were dangerous.
Nick Cater
TV Mediabox gives disadvantaged young people the opportunity to write, direct and produce their own short documentaries.
Nick Seddon
Social services - including services for elderly, mentally ill and physically disabled people - have long been known as Cinderella services because they haven't been invited to the funding or policy-making ball.
John Knight
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has been in the news again recently, reminding us all of the tragedy that is Zimbabwe. The archbishop also gave an inspiring sermon at Leonard Cheshire Disability's 60th anniversary service at St Paul's Cathedral a few weeks back.
Stephen Cook
Scottish multi-millionaire Sir Tom Hunter told a Charities Aid Foundation seminar last week how his wife played the vital part in their decision to abandon plans to live as what he called "prisoners" in Monaco and launch themselves instead into a life of philanthropy.
You know you've made it when you're considered worthy of caricature - but as John Major and his underpants can attest, it doesn't always turn out as you would wish.
Nick Cater's pick of the week.
Nick Seddon
All the way back in 2005, back when Gordon Brown was still considered competent - more Stalin, less Mr Bean - and the Vicar of Albion was blithely flying around in Blair Force One, saving the entire world, there was a debate in the House of Lords about the bill that later became the Charities Act 2006. One of the speakers was the legendary Baron Dahrendorf, sometime director of the London School of Economics, who declared that "we are witnessing a split in the charity and voluntary sector".
In the first instalment of Third Sector TV, Charity Commission chair Dame Suzi Leather talks to Third Sector editor Stephen Cook about public benefit, the status of religious charities and and the challenges faced by the regulator.
Women often take the decisions about giving away their husbands' or their fathers' money, but they also earn and give away fortunes of their own. Helen Barrett reports.
As the Compact enters a new era, the sector is still divided on the issue of its legal status.
"We must pay attention to branding - even if we see it as a necessary evil."
John Knight on professionalisation of campaigning
