karl.wilding's blog

This is a guest blog from Joy Dobbs, Research Consultant and NCVO Associate.  We're working with Joy on the voluntary sector’s information and research needs, currently focusing on information traditionally obtained from the Census. 

Are you a charity that works in health or housing or works with asylum seekers or people in BME or religious groups?

How is the recession changing voluntary sector - government relations? I'm fortunate to be in Toronto taking part in a global gathering of voluntary sector (nonprofit, to use the language here) researchers, Arnova.

I'm no governance expert, but I couldn't help but take an interest in a recent news item about the Charity Commission's open annual public meeting, where NCVO's President, Lord (Robin) Hodgson of Astley Abbott is reported to h

I'll be speaking later this week at an event on the future of work in the voluntary sector*, so in preparation I thought I would share a few thoughts on what I might say plus share a few things I read in preparation. The event is being run by TSRC - if you're interested, the twitter hashtag will be #workfuture3S I'll

Charities and voluntary organisations have been highlighting the impact that cuts in government funding are having on the most vulnerable people in society. We've done it too today with the launch of this report, which we think is the most robust set of estimates yet.

Here's my latest round-up of blogs and reports that are relevant to the sector. If you like the content I put in these round-ups, get my continuous feed by following me on Twitter. I'd be grateful if you could share this with your own networks by clicking on the Tweet button to the top right of this blog.

This week I have a global cornucopia of interesting stuff for you to read. Or at the very least stuff I thought was interesting. And on that front, if you like the blog, hit the blue Tweet button (top, right) to retweet it. It sort of lets me know that you found it useful...

You know the drill. People share things with me via a certain social network (which the French government says I shouldn't name, but that's another story). And I pick the ones that I think you would like. So here's a bumper crop of stuff people shared with me over the last week or so. Some are a bit older, but I'm still in catch up mode.

There's a whole lot of innovation going on in relation to new technology and giving, in part prompted by green/white papers on giving, but more likely due to the ubuiqity of technology to our daily lives. And by technology, I think we increasingly mean the computer we carry around in our pockets formerly known as the mobile phone. This is a device that I email, tweet and call from.

I ended my recent unintended blogging silence last week, so in the spirit of continuity - which is apparently a must for charities who want to build an audience - I thought I would continue by highlighting some of the interesting stuff I have found via Twitter recently.*