Grant funders – a call for data
We were recently very pleased to hear that we’ve received funding from Nesta to look at ways of finding data on below the radar groups. Our project is going to try to identify the “below-the-radar”...
View ArticleAlmanac 2014: the first 1,000 hours
On 4 April (just over 1,000 hours ago), we launched the UK Civil Society Almanac 2014. Here’s a round up of what’s happened since we launched. Exclusive member content NCVO members receive a free copy...
View ArticleThe Voluntary Sector in the National Accounts
[this post was jointly written with Prof John Mohan from the Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) at the University of Birmingham] So, I’m going to talk to you about GDP and the National Accounts. No...
View ArticleIs the voluntary sector growing, or shrinking? Digging into the charity register
A story in Third Sector last month showed how the income of charities on the Charity Commission register have risen by £3bn to £62.8bn. As a commenter notes underneath the article, this feels very...
View ArticleHot in the city? Charity hot spots and cold spots
I’ve been taking a look at a report launched this week by the Centre for Social Justice called Social Solutions: Enabling grass-roots charities to tackle poverty. I wanted to pick up on one area the...
View ArticleHalloween Special: What are the UK’s spookiest charities?
In a seasonal celebration of the wide range of work that the country’s charities do, here are our thirteen favourite spooky charities. The Scary Little Girls Association – a theatre group who are...
View ArticleMaking Open Data work for the voluntary sector
I have recently been appointed as a member of the Open Data User Group (ODUG). ODUG is an independent body advising the Cabinet Office and the Public Sector Transparency board on open data – its aim is...
View ArticleFive tips for tip top accounts
Just before purdah started this week the Charity Commission released the results of some research it had done into the quality of charity accounts. They’d taken a random sample of around 200 accounts...
View ArticleA million new givers?
NCVO has been examining the election manifestos and on page 45 of the Conservative Party manifesto is an eye-catching claim relating to charitable giving. It says: Charitable donations are on the up,...
View ArticleAlmanac 2015 – where to start
Today we’ve launched the 14th edition of the UK Civil Society Almanac. It paints a picture of a sector that is running to stand still – in terms of income and spending it is roughly the same size as 6...
View ArticleWhat do we know about charities’ reserves?
Part of Kids Company’s downfall seems to have been its hand-to-mouth operating model. It was unusual in having a commitment to meet all the need it found, and then try to work out how to meet the costs...
View ArticleChildren’s charities: what the latest data tells us
At the same time as we launched the latest Almanac, we also produced some analysis of the children and young people’s voluntary sector. This analysis, produced with the Children’s Partnership, is based...
View ArticleAre more charities closing?
Another aspect of the Kids Company closure (following my earlier posts on reserves and children’s charities) is whether it’s part of a wider trend in charity closures. A less high profile closure, but...
View ArticleExploring open data on charity funding
We’re now a few months into our ESRC-funded ‘Civil Society Data Partnership’ project, which is using open data to answer key questions about the voluntary sector. I thought I’d give two researchers...
View ArticleHow you use data
Over the last few months, we’ve been asking you how you use data, and how we can change the Almanac to better help you use the findings in your work. Big thanks to the 140 organisations who responded...
View ArticleWhat do we know about charities and the European Union?
As the process of Brexit unfolds, NCVO research is exploring what the evidence tells us about relationships between the European Union, the voluntary sector and volunteering. There are lots of gaps in...
View ArticleAre more charities closing?
Another aspect of the Kids Company closure (following my earlier posts on reserves and children’s charities) is whether it’s part of a wider trend in charity closures. A less high profile closure, but...
View ArticleExploring open data on charity funding
We’re now a few months into our ESRC-funded ‘Civil Society Data Partnership’ project, which is using open data to answer key questions about the voluntary sector. I thought I’d give two researchers...
View ArticleHow you use data
Over the last few months, we’ve been asking you how you use data, and how we can change the Almanac to better help you use the findings in your work. Big thanks to the 140 organisations who responded...
View ArticleWhat do we know about charities and the European Union?
As the process of Brexit unfolds, NCVO research is exploring what the evidence tells us about relationships between the European Union, the voluntary sector and volunteering. There are lots of gaps in...
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