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Three ways to wield power well
By Cristina Andreatta .
On 22 May 2019.
You must recognise you have power before you can be fully aware of how far your responsibilities extend.
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How is civil society in the UK coping with Brexit?
By Jane Thomas.
On 25 April 2019.
Jane Thomas, of the Brexit Civil Society Alliance, explores the Brexit related issues the Alliance is hearing discussed by civil society organisations.
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Power dynamics in grant making
By Oli Kelly-Dean .
On 9 April 2019.
Do UK Foundations understand their role in the systems that create social issues and should they be seeking to share or even give away their power?
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How charities are influencing change in prisons
By Sally Bagwell .
On 5 February 2019.
Massive budget cuts, turnover in political leadership, and a rising population, is there anything charities can do to improve the situation in prisons?
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Let’s hear it for a bit of (positive) disruption
By Iona Joy .
On 13 December 2018.
What is the value of disruption to the charity sector? And are new innovative charities too often dismissed as duplicating the work of more established ones?
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Embracing the process
By Katie Boswell .
On 14 March 2018.
'Charities and funders don’t need to become experts in theory of change and systems change to benefit from them.'
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Let’s embrace uncertainty to tackle systemic problems
By Julian Corner.
On 7 March 2018.
Julian Corner of the Lankelly Chase Foundation argues that as change rarely comes in the form we expect, our strategies to achieve it should be as flexible.
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Thinking big: How to use theory of change for systems change
By Rob Abercrombie, Katie Boswell, and Rosanna Thomasoo .
On 7 March 2018.
Applied well, theory of change can support charities and funders to take a systemic approach to their work.
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Healthy disagreement can help broken systems
On 20 July 2017.
Charlie Howard and Maff Potts both lead innovations that insist we think differently about how people and institutions relate to one another.
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Making sense of systems change: 3 things I’ve learned
By Rob Abercrombie .
On 23 May 2017.
Rob Abercrombie shares what he's discovered about systems change that have helped him get to grips with approach.