Opinion
NPC’s Summer reads 2019
The NPC team provide recommendations on what books to read this summer.
How to harness the data revolution for social good
The social sector has the power to turn the data revolution happening all around us into a cultural and systemic shift of such magnitude that it could change service provision fundamentally. Used for good, data has the power to radically transform our sector, and the lives of the people we serve.
What role can the social sector play in tackling youth crime?
What is the social sector doing to reduce and prevent youth crime?
Shifting power, changing lives
How can funders boost the capacity of charities and communities advocating for change?
Learning from the frontline
Here Senior Consultant Rachel Tait, shares what she learned at a recent event on homelessness hosted by National Lottery Community Fund which aimed to inform their Partnerships funding.
The importance of people and place in creating effective lasting social change in communities
Sally-Anne Greenfield, newly appointed trustee of NPC talks about why she believes our new strategy is an important step in the right direction.
Attracting, recruiting and retaining the best talent
Here NPC's Chief Operating Officer Sarah Broad discusses the steps we've taken to review and refresh our approach to recruitment with the dual aim of reducing the time and cost to recruit and improving our diversity equality and inclusion.
Why it’s never too late for a Change Framework, even at 100
Gingerbread’s Head of Evaluation and Learning, Hannah Wood discusses how the charity for single parents is using evidence to inform organisational strategies and learning through their ambitious new Change Framework.
Troubled Families is not the Holy Grail
The evaluation of the Troubled Families program is one the biggest ever attempted of a government social program. NPC CEO Dan Corry explains why it is a cause for optimism but also a shining example of all the difficulties of evaluation at this scale.
How is civil society in the UK coping with Brexit?
Jane Thomas, of the Brexit Civil Society Alliance, explores the Brexit related issues the Alliance is hearing discussed by third sector and civil society organisations around the country.
Power dynamics in grant making
The top 300 foundations in the UK have combined assets of £65 billion and gave out £3.3 billion in grants in 2018. Do they understand their role in the systems that create social issues and should they be seeking to share or even give away their power?
Where are we on health?
With government paralysed by Brexit, Dan Corry, NPC CEO, finds hope in the potential for collaboration between charities and the health service.
