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User mapping techniques: A guide for the social sector
On 2 November 2017.
This guide outlines how user mapping techniques can be used to better understand people's lived experiences and drive impact.
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Five types of data for assessing your work: An explainer
By James Noble .
On 29 September 2017.
Here our head of impact management James Noble introduces the different kinds of information organisations can collect.
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15 years of NPC: What I’ve learned
By Iona Joy .
On 22 September 2017.
Here our longest serving member of staff and head of our charities team, Iona Joy, shares her top lessons from a decade and a half of trying to do good better.
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How do non-health charities help reduce health inequalities?
By Katie Boswell .
On 12 September 2017.
At NPC we're working on a guide to help voluntary sector organisations better understand the social determinants of health. Katie Boswell explains.
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15 years of NPC: How it all began
By Peter Wheeler .
On 31 August 2017.
A decade and a half ago when NPC’s impact journey started, the landscape was under-populated, almost lonely. Peter Wheeler explains how it all began.
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Data visualisation: What’s it all about?
On 30 August 2017.
This short paper looks at what data visualisation is, how charities can get started using it, and provides handy tips and resources.
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Post-Peterborough, let’s keep debating the value of SIBs
By Dan Corry .
On 22 August 2017.
As the results are released from the world’s first Social Impact Bond. Dan Corry warns we should be cautious about leaping to conclusions.
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Data with destiny
On 10 August 2017.
In this short practical guide, we outline how charities can turn their raw data into wisdom and informed action.
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Shifting the dial: How to take an impact-focused approach to your policy change campaigns
On 4 August 2017.
A practical guide to focusing on impact while planning, delivering and evaluating a campaign.
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Long read: Towards a tipping point for impact investment
By Tris Lumley .
On 25 July 2017.
There is much to be excited about with the progress of the impact investment market. But there are still challenges to surmount.
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Happy birthday to us! NPC turns 15
By Dan Corry .
On 13 July 2017.
Here our CEO Dan Corry explains why turning 15 is no cause for rest, but merely a platform to continue to transform the charity sector.