Comment: A revolution the sector should join

By Nick Seddon, Third Sector, 19 September 2007

"A reform is a correction of abuses," said the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton. "A revolution is a transfer of power."

Depending on whom you talk to within the rather parochial world of the third sector, it's not uncommon to hear people sneering about Guidestar, or New Philanthropy Capital, or Intelligent Giving, or the Institute of Philanthropy - or all of them. I wouldn't be surprised if these organisations sneer about...

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