Guides
How are charities accessing people in prison to deliver vital services?
People in prison need access to charities. But due to the nature of prisons charities find it hard to get access to prisoners. In this report we set out working with the system can help charities break down the barriers to access.
Learning to involve stakeholders in your charity’s work
What practical steps should charities take to to involve users in an ethical way?
Ten ways to make your charity genuinely digital
It's not enough to just do 'digital' these days, so how can charities make sure technology is embedded in all their work? NPC Consultant Nicola Pritchard reports back from our recent event.
Three lessons to help charities increase their impact
The Impact for Growth Peer Network of the Impact Management Programme (now merged with Inspiring Impact) was set up last July and has grown from 11 to 40 members. What have the grantees learnt from being part of the network and how can it help the wider sector?
Tackling the homelessness crisis: Why and how you should fund systemically
Homelessness is a problem which has grown massively in the last decade. It is a complex issue that goes far beyond rough sleeping. Here we set homelessness in it's correct context, as a problem caused by systemic factors such as poverty, and suggest ways philanthropists can help.
What impact data should trustees be using in decision making?
Data can be confusing for trustees. Here Nicola Pritchard, NPC Consultant, shares insights from sector leaders who spoke at a recent NPC seminar on the subject.
Funding a good start: Philanthropy and the early years sector in the UK
Funders can help reduce inequalities in life outcomes by supporting charities intervening in this early period of a child’s life. Here we outline the various ways in which philanthropists could make an impact in this area.
Measuring the multiplicity of impact
NPC Senior Consultant Anoushka Kenley considers what economic analysis has to offer those thing about how to measure impact.
How to understand and use social sector data
Don't know where to start collecting, analysing and using data? NPC can help.
Let’s talk mission through mergers: A discussion for trustees
This briefing paper outlines the advice and recommendations from the panel at NPC’s Clothworkers’ seminar on how mergers can help charities achieve more impact for their beneficiaries.
The Code of Good Governance: How to put it into practice
This briefing paper outlines the advice and recommendations from the panel at NPC’s Clothworkers’ seminar on how charity trustees can put the Charity Governance Code into practice.
Developing your digital roadmap
Developing your digital roadmap is aimed at charities that are working out how to get started on their own digital change process, and the people who need to be bought into that change—senior managers, Chief Execs and trustees.
