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What do trustees need to know about impact?
By Jane Thomas.
On 1 July 2010.
What do trustees need to know about impact? How should they focus on collecting data and evidence that is meaningful to their organisation?
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What does the Budget mean for philanthropy?
By Clare Yeowart.
On 23 June 2010.
Yesterday’s Budget was never going to make for a cheery read. What the Chancellor, George Osborne, has been calling the ‘unavoidable Budget’ confirmed what we’ve all known for a while now—that the cuts are going to be deep and painful.
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Ten questions to ask your board
By Matilda Macduff.
On 22 June 2010.
It can be easy to neglect trustee boards when analysing a charity’s impact, but a good trustee board can make or break a charity.
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Charity analysis—why don’t more people analyse charities?
By Iona Joy.
On 16 June 2010.
In the opinion of NPC's Iona Joy, charity analysis has three main benefits
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What does impact mean for fundraisers?
By Louise Richards.
On 15 June 2010.
Louise Richards explores the relationship between fundraising and impact, and calls for charities not to be defensive about their investment in fundraising.
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Do donors care about impact? Why we need six answers.
By Tris Lumley.
On 14 June 2010.
While donors care about how well (or badly) the charities they support are doing, they don’t necessarily want to hear about who’s performing best.
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The global ‘Big Society’
By Adrian Fradd.
On 4 June 2010.
Yesterday, Andrew Mitchell, the new UK Secretary of State for International Development, made a speech.
Good ideas, effective research, independent thinking.