Covid-19

Using need and demand data to inform decision making
This event will focus on how data-driven decisions can help you respond to existing and newly emerging issues.


How to do situation analysis when everything is changing
You need to know where you are now before mapping out where you’d like to get to. But how do you do this when everything is changing?

Driving data-led decision-making with the Local Needs Databank
Our Local Needs Databank helps charities and funders understand existing needs and support provisions across the UK. This blog sets out how our data dashboards can help you better target your work and how your charity can help our databank grow.


How to maximise user involvement opportunities in an age of social distancing
Co-design happens when a charity and its stakeholders work together to design or rethink a service. But how can we encourage user participation at a time of lockdowns and social distancing? This blog shares useful insights into how to involve users in service design or improvement during a pandemic.

How philanthropists should respond to coronavirus
A collaborative effort to help philanthropists keep charities serving throughout the coronavirus crisis, and prepare for whatever challenges the post-covid world will hold.

Shifting your funding practices during Covid-19
Covid is changing how funders give. This guide explores what shifts in practice we have seen, what shifts we think are valuable, and what else funders could be doing.

How to combat the issue of rising needs and declining resources
When the economy dips, needs rise and the resources open to charities dip too. What we need is a system that is effective at stopping this 'scissors effect' and at meeting needs, not just where, but when they arise.


Civil society needs a seat at the table: Communities, Covid-19 and Marcus
Charities, social enterprises, community organisations and all their funders are crucial to getting us through this crisis. That’s why civil society needs to be given a seat at the table, both in Whitehall and in town halls, and we need to see everyone working together at a local level.


Setting your charity’s reserves policy through and beyond Covid-19
Reserves are meant for a rainy day, and Covid-19 is undoubtedly such a day. What types of reserves should a charity hold and how should trustees handle them in the current climate?


What do we mean by mutual aid?
As England enters another lockdown, we may see another spontaneous up-swell of mutual aid. What do we know about mutual aid groups and can they help us tackle some of our biggest social problems?


Up for it, and up to it? The challenges for charities and funders in the Covid-19 world
NPC CEO Dan Corry's speech at our 2020 annual conference.

How philanthropists and businesses can tackle domestic violence
Domestic violence has become more prevalent and harder to fight because of lockdown. We spoke with the charity Hestia about their employer-focussed response and how philanthropists and corporates can help.