A think tank and consultancy for the charity sector
Who we areNPC is the think tank and consultancy for the social sector.
We help charities, foundations, philanthropists, impact investors, social enterprises, businesses, and the public sector to maximise social impact in the lives of the people they serve.
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Resources & Insights
Being a trustee in an age of permacrisis
A guide for charity trustees on how to govern in a crisis.
How to embed DEI into your grant-making cycle
A practical guide to becoming a diverse, equitable, and inclusive funder
Theory of change in ten steps
This new guide is a ten step handbook to creating a theory of change, built on many years of developing them for charities and funders. It will teach you the basics, our core approach, with the information you need to do any theory of change.
Where next for social impact?
For 20 years NPC has been helping philanthropists and charities to maximise social impact in the lives of the people they serve. To mark our 20th birthday, we've been talking to leading figures and people doing things differently to ask: Where next for social impact?
Building blocks of growth
How civil society can improve health and education in a community and, in doing so, contribute directly to local prosperity and economic growth.
Developing your strategic framework
Sally Bagwell will share tools and approaches NPC uses when developing a strategic framework.
On 27 September 2023, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm at Zoom
Embedding the social impacts of the environmental crises into your strategy
Join NPC and explore how to embed the social impacts of the environmental crises into your strategy.
On 14 November 2023, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm at Zoom
Proportionate evaluation
This seminar will help you to plan your organisation's approach to evaluation and learning.
On 22 November 2023, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm at 93 Great Suffolk Street
Beyond competition
This is an edited version of a speech given by Tris Lumley at Good Tech Fest in Washington DC.
Listen: Where next for the impact agenda?
In this podcast, recorded for The Do One Better Podcast, Dan Corry talks with Alberto Lidji about the future of the impact agenda.
Strategy implementation in times of change
This is the fourth blog in a series on updating your charity strategy.
Moving towards more equitable evaluation practice in the UK
The Equitable Evaluation Collective (EEC) hosted an event to discuss why and how the sector can move toward greater equitable evaluation practice.
State of the Sector 2023
State of the Sector is a survey of charity leaders, which NPC has run every three years since 2017.
AI for charities: What you need to know
In this blog, we give practical advice on getting started with AI in the charity sector.
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