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Annual conference blogs: Funding -a hot issue in politics and policy
Funding is a hot issue in the voluntary sector. Of course, this is nothing new. But now, with the backdrop of a recession, cuts to public expenditure, and the general acceptance that the voluntary sector (along with the public and private sectors of course) must strive for increased efficiency and innovation, funding is now (if possible): even hotter. Read more
PS. Funding will be a topic you can discuss at NCVO's annual conference on 5th March at the "Hot Issues in politics and policy" workshop with NCVO's Karl Wilding, Nick-Wilson Young and James Allen. You can book your place here.
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Surrey Independent Living Council
Surrey Independent Living Council (SILC) is a non-profit-making voluntary sector organisation run by and for disabled people.
SILC helps people with disabilities, and others who use or want to use Direct Payments, to live independently and to arrange the support and services they require.
Based in Guildford.
www.surreyilc.org.uk
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