Envoy it while you can: Blair takes roving third sector role

By A special correspondent, Third Sector Online, 1 April 2008

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to take on the new role of Third Sector Envoy in a move to solve key problems faced by charities and the voluntary sector.

His mission will include persuading government agencies to observe the Compact and encouraging fundraisers to stop using pens and other incentives in direct mail. In a telephone interview from Ramallah, where he is working on his parallel Middle East peace mission, Blair told Third Sector he was confident the main...

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