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Supporting The Voluntary Sector
News, analysis and comment on the infrastructure and capacity of the UK voluntary sector, including third sector provision of public services, the "Big Society", NCVO, Acevo and other sector advocacy and support organisations.
Sector Support In Depth
Interview: Joe Irvin
The new chief executive of Navca says if the big society is going to work, the local society has got to work
Analysis: Funding that will change the face of local infrastructure
Kaye Wiggins canvasses opinion on the distribution of Transforming Local Infrastructure funds
Analysis: Sector gets one shot at reforming its infrastructure
Andy Hillier assesses prospects for the government's £30m Transforming Local Infrastructure fund. In a related article, the former Capacitybuilders chief Simon Hebditch trades views with Nick Hurd, the Minister for Civil Society
'It's simply madness to deplete support' - open letter to Nick Hurd from Simon Simon Hebditch, former chief executive of Capacitybuilders
'Support is fragmented, inaccessble or duplicated' - Minister for Civil Society gives a robust response
Latest Sector Support News
- Big corporates to niche companies: Business Charity Awards are announced
- Navca rejects Cabinet Office procurement pledge as too focused on big business
- A quarter of children's charities could close due to funding cuts, says NCB
- New charity launched to bring the net to more people
- Mixed response for Big Lottery Fund's new strategic framework
- Funding concerns cloud future of Skills - Third Sector
- Changes to VAT on improvements to listed buildings 'could cost charities £63m a year'
- Navca queries Big Lottery Fund's approach to infrastructure
- Guide published to help charities with impact reporting
- Communities and Local Government department led government funding to voluntary sector in 2009/10
- Scottish fund for third sector business centres opens for applications
- Citizens Advice Scotland to close five bureaux in Glasgow
Latest Sector Support Comment
Editorial: Peaks and valleys in sector fortunes
Does the NCVO's UK Civil Society Almanac 2012 show that we're heading for rock bottom, asks deputy editor Andy Ricketts
Editorial: Tories push for transformation
New initiatives for the sector aim to draw in investment from sources other than the government, says Stephen Cook
Cathy Pharoah: Youth causes can be a hard ask, but a tax break for donations might help
Charitable foundations are more committed to such causes, says our columnist, but the amount they contribute does not make up for the decline in public and statutory funding
Additional Information
Latest jobs Jobs web feed
- Development Officer Barking & Dagenham CVS £29,604, London
- Head of High Value Events Save the Children £38,000 - £43,000 + pension, Farringdon
- Director The Marr-Munning Trust £47,500 per annum FTE salary (£38,000 pro rata) plus pension contribution, London
- Membership Payments Officer Royal Pharmaceutical Society 25,000 pro rata, Based at the Society's HQ in London. The offices are in close proximity to Vauxhall and Waterloo.
- Head of Volunteering Development Save the Children £45,000-£50,000 + pension, Farringdon
- Fundraising Manager (Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset) The Air Ambulance Service £25,000-£30,000 p/a, plus benefits, Home Based, South West England to cover Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset
- Press Officer - Asia Pacific Amnesty International Secretariat £41,124 per annum, London
- Fundraising Director National Trust c. £80k + excellent benefits, Heelis, Swindon
- Appeals Director Downside Fisher Youth Club (The Downside Settlement) £37, 848 - £40,555 (Inclusive of London Weighting), Southwark, London
- Fundraising Officer (Trusts) Adept Recruitment £33936 per annum, London
Most read
- Volunteers can have single 'portable' criminal records check under new law
- Investment and Contract Readiness Fund opens for grant applications
- Nominet Trust seeks four charities for digital start-up programme
- Proposed accounting rules are contrary to charity law, conference told
- Removal of VAT relief on listed buildings is a 'tax on community initiative', Heritage Alliance says
- Petition backing Scope's role in Bromley clothing banks gains 1,000 names
Most commented
Events
Small Charities Marketing Summit
- Date: Fri 25 May 2012 - Fri 25 May 2012
- Venue: Manchester
Mutuals: Economic Growth Through Employee Ownership and Joint Ventures
- Date: Tue 29 May 2012 - Tue 29 May 2012
- Venue: Central London
Mission Critical: Crafting Your Communications Strategy Workshop
- Date: Wed 30 May 2012 - Wed 30 May 2012
- Venue: St Albans Centre, Leigh Place, Baldwins Gardens, Holborn, London, EC1N 7AB.
