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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Theory of change in ten steps
A theory of change process encourages us to reflect on our aims and plans, to discuss them with others and to make them explicit. We see this process as the foundation of charity strategy, evaluation and communication.
Supporting meaningful measurement for unrestricted funding
This event is part of our Leading Impact series of seminars and will explore the barriers and opportunities charities and funders have with unrestricted funding.
Retaining and empowering volunteers through and beyond Covid-19
This seminar explores what trustees are and should be doing to ensure their charity is effectively supporting its volunteers and harnessing volunteering opportunities for greater impact.
Philanthropists and funders peer-network
Join us every month for our funder drop-ins to discuss the impact of Covid-19 and what it means for your relationships with grantees.
What’s holding back digital innovation in the charity sector?
Insights and recommendations from Media Trust and NPC’s virtual roundtable.
Identify, prevent and predict: Using data to stop global trafficking
In anticipation of our upcoming seminar on data, this guest blog by STOP THE TRAFFIK emphasises the importance of data in identifying, preventing and predicting global trafficking hotspots.
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.
