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 the environment and youth crime to how the charity sector can rethink and rebuild post Covid-19. Watch videos from previous events on YouTube and read coverage @NPCthinks.
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Our Leading Impact seminar series is designed to provide practical tips and resources to help charities improve their impact. 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 on twitter #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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How to achieve the most out of co-production
This event is part of our Leading Impact series of seminars and will discuss the benefits of co-production, explore good practice principles and share examples from organisations on a co-production journey.
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.
Developing your strategic framework
How can charities and funders develop a strategic framework that guides their activity; which sets an enduring framework while retaining flexibility to respond to changing circumstances? Join our event to find out.
Leading with an adaptive strategy
The drastic change in our user’s needs and our operating context during the coronavirus pandemic has shown how important it is for charities to be able to adapt and stay relevant in the face of change.
Theory of change for campaigning
This seminar will explore how you can develop theories of change for campaigning. Drawing on our recent guide to using theories of change for campaigning.
How to maximise user involvement opportunities in an age of social distancing
Co-design happens when a charity and its stakeholders work together to design or rethink a service. But how can we encourage user participation at a time of lockdowns and social distancing? This blog shares useful insights into how to involve users in service design or improvement during a pandemic.
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.
