Speeches at NCVO events

Text of speeches from NCVO conferences and events:

1. Autumn Conference 2008 Updated Monday 10 November 2008 
2. Annual Conference speeches
3. Hinton Lectures
4. NCVO Political Conference speeches
5. Chair and Chief Executive events
6. Miscellaneous Updated Friday 24 October 2008

Autumn Conference 2008

We held our first national autumn conference on Friday 7 November in Manchester, exploring the theme of independence in the voluntary and community sector, in partnership with the Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation.

• Read CEO Stuart Etherington's keynote speech 

Annual Conference speeches

The NCVO Annual Conference is a key event in the voluntary sector calendar, and one the largest events of its kind. It attracts over 600 delegates from a range of voluntary organisations across the country as well as representatives from local and central government and corporate organisations.

NCVO Annual Conference 2008:
Working with Government: challenges for civil society

NCVO's Annual Conference took place on Wednesday 20 February. The keynote speeches by Ed Miliband MP, Pam Giddy and Oliver Letwin MP are now available to view.

2008  Watch Annual Conference key speeches

Speeches from Inspiring Leaders: Connecting
Communities, 2007
NCVO Annual Conference

sponsored by Barclays

Webcast: Watch the videos of the speeches

• 2007 Dame Suzi Leather, Chair, Charity Commission
• 2007  Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive NCVO
  

Previous Keynote addresses given at NCVO Conferences

• 2006 Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive NCVO
• 2006 David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• 2005 Salil Shetty, Director, Millennium Campaign, United Nations
• 2005 Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive NCVO
• 2004 Rt Hon Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 2004 Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive NCVOn,
• 2003 Dr Helen Bamber OBE
• 2003 Lord Warner, Chair of NCVO

• 2002 Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Education and Employment (BERR website, Department for business enterprise and regulatory reform)

• 2001 Rt Hon David Blunkett MP, Secretary of State for Education and Employment (DCSF website, Department for children, school and families)
  

• 2001 Rt Hon William Hague MP, Leader of the Conservative Party (Conservaties website)
  

• 2000 Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer (HM Treasury website)
  

• 2000 Pauline Green MEP, Leader of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament
  

• 1999 Keynote speech - Prime Minister Rt Hon Tony Blair MP
• 1999 Keynote Speech - Pauline Green, MEP and Leader of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament

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Hinton lectures

Following the death of Nicholas Hinton, NCVO decided to establish an annual lecture to mark his memory and to take forward the many issues that he championed during his life.

Nicholas Hinton had a long history of working in the voluntary sector, both generally and with individual voluntary organisations, notably Save the Children Fund and NACRO.

He was also a visionary Director of NCVO. His impact on the sector was profound and lasting and he was widely respected in both the UK and internationally.

The annual Nicholas Hinton lecture is the sector's way of ensuring that his critical contribution is remembered.

• 2007  The paradox of civil society and the challenge of social growth delivered by Geoff Mulgan, Director of the Young Foundation
• 2006 Changing lives, changing society, by Ed Miliband MP
• 2005 Building a Pro-Social Society, by David Cameron MP
• 2004 Hinton Lecture 2004 delivered by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams
• 2002 Community Cohesion: The Role of Diversity, by Dr Indarjit Singh OBE
• 2001 Third Sector and the Fourth Estate, by John Lloyd, Associate Editor of the New Statesman
• 2000 Modernising Government: the Impact on the Voluntary Sector, by Sir Richard Wilson KCB
• 1999  Ethical Foreign Policy? by Sir Samuel Brittan 
• 1998 Altruism and Philanthropy, by Baroness Mary Warnock

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NCVO Political conference speeches

• 2004 Speech by Iain Duncan Smith MP
• 2004 The Voluntary Sector: The Next Election & Beyond
• 2005 Third Sector in a Third Term

Chair and Chief Executive events

• 2007 Speech by Greg Clark MP, Shadow Minister for Charities, Voluntary Bodies and Social Enterprise
• 2006 Hilary Armstrong MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and for Social Exclusion
• 2006 BBC and Civil Society, by Michael Grade CBE, BBC Chairman

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Miscellaneous

2008

24 October 'Does a strong and independent third sector mean a strong and healthy civil society?' by Stuart Etherington.

Stuart Etherington speaking at an open lecture Thursday evening to mark the 10th anniversary of the  Centre for Voluntary Sector Research (CVSR) at Sheffield Hallam University. The talk called 'Does a strong and independent third sector mean a healthy civil society?' will look at civil society and its role in developing long term solutions to today’s economic crisis.

Since opening in 1998 the Centre has made an important contribution to our understanding of the sector and the environment in which it operates.

Throughout its ten years, the Centre has grown to 13 members spread across four faculties and departments, and has undertaken a vast range of research projects for external clients.

2007

• 26 November  Should charities have greater freedom to engage in campaigning and political lobbying? Report on the NCVO event to consider changes to the law on charity campaigning.
• 21 November  Giving voice and support to civil society. On Wednesday 21 November NCVO has changed its strapline to giving voice and support to civil society.
  The change emphasises the voluntary and community sector's role as a catalyst for collective action, dialogue and debate in order to transform people's lives for the better.
  • Stuart Etherington's AGM speech explaining the strapline change
  • 'The paradox of civil society and the challenge of social growth' - the 2007 Hinton Lecture
• 12 November Nick Clegg MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, addresses an NCVO breakfast seminar, 12 November 2007:
  watch on blip.tv
• 3 September Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses NCVO members.

On Monday 3 September 2007, NCVO was delighted to host the Prime Minister's first major speech of the political season.

Watch the speech on Youtube 
and see the photos of Gordon Brown talking to the sector.

• 17 July Phil Hope makes first speech as Minister for Third Sector at NCVO Conference on the future of civil society
• 21 June Stuart Etherington, Centre for NonProfit Management Second Annual Summer School
  
  The Centre for Nonprofit Management have provided a video of Stuart's speech.
• 7 March Stuart Etherington: The Future of Civil Society

2006

• 14 December David Cameron: From state welfare to social welfare
• 12 December The Deakin Lecture at the Baring Foundation

1999

• At the 80th anniversary celebration of NCVO - Sanford Cloud - President and CEO, National Conference for Community and Justice

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