Past events
NPC runs around 50 events a year from our annual conference, NPC Ignites, to training events, and from practical seminars to topical discussions. View our upcoming events or find out more about our programme of events below.
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NPC Ignites is our annual conference. Every October, we bring together the boldest thinkers with the brightest ideas in the charity sector, and beyond, to inspire new ways of working. The conference is designed to help charities keep pace with change and anticipate new trends and innovations, to ensure their organisations are always maximising their social impact.
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We hold topical discussions on subjects ranging from Brexit and youth crime to the charity sector’s relationship with technology and. To read more visit wakelet.com/@NPCthinks and @NPCthinks.
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Our Leading Impact seminar series is designed to provide practical tips and resources to help charities improve their imact. We achieve this through sharing NPC’s wealth of experience and through charity case study presentations. To find out more about previous events visit the hashtag #LeadingImpact.
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Since 2010 we have held seminars for trustees in partnership with the Clothworkers’ Company, exploring the key issues affecting charity governance. Following the events; blogs and short reports are produced to share the learning more widely.
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Our public training courses run throughout the year and help you get to grips with key issues and methodologies—from strategy for impact to theory of change. The training is run by our experienced consultants who are able to draw on the knowledge and lessons we have gathered from our research, think tank and consultancy activities since 2002.
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How can trustees support place-based approaches?
Over the past few years, place has moved up the public policy agenda. Despite its prevalence, there is still a lack of clarity about what place-based working means and what it looks like in practice.
Building a measurement framework: An introduction for funders
NPC’s workshop takes you through the steps involved in measuring impact, how to articulate your impact as a funder, and how best to support applicants and grantees with evaluation.
Creating a theory of change: An introduction for charities
This one day training with talk you through implementing a clear and robust theory of change that can help to develop and refine your strategy.
Improving your impact practice: An introduction for charities
Understanding your impact and sharing what you learn is key to the voluntary sector becoming more effective. In this one day training workshop we go through what you should be measuring and why, and how to use this data.
Effective grant-making
There are over 170,000 charities in the UK alone, and thousands more worldwide. So how do you plan your grant-making and choose which charity you should donate to? NPC’s workshop will help you make your grant-making more effective.
Trustees and theory of change: Everything you need to know
A theory of change describes what an organisation wants to achieve and how it plans to get there. Learn how it can be used to refine your strategy and improve your impact.
Creating a strategy in a time of change and upheaval
This seminar will explore how charities are redefining their roles and strategies to address today’s social issues.
UK homelessness 2030 – what should the social sector do?
We simply cannot afford to see homelessness rise in the next decade as it did in the last. So come along to listen, think and share how we are going to do things differently and achieve lasting change.
Thinking big in your theory of change
Are you an organisation with a mission to tackle large and complex social issues? This workshop is aimed at organisations wanting to think big in their theory of change: to influence lasting social change in a complex area.
