ByJay Kennedy, Director of Policy and Research, DSC —Policy, Policy, campaigns & research —
Brexit countdown: preparing for the unknown
As the Government plays a high-stakes game of deal or no deal with the EU, the rest of society is...
ByMark Burnett, Founder and CEO, Hope & May Limited —Policy, Data protection, Law —
Tackling Data Protection: shortcuts to compliance
Ahead of his upcoming training course (Managing Data Protection - a Masterclass for Charities) Mark Burnett shares three recommendations that...
ByJay Kennedy, Director of Policy and Research, DSC —Policy, Policy, campaigns & research —
Don’t shoot the messenger
A great frustration of the current political crisis is that pressing social problems are pushed on to the back burner,...
ByMairéad Bailie, Researcher, DSC —
In the news last week...
The latest happenings in the charity sector.
ByJay Kennedy, Director of Policy and Research, DSC —Policy, Policy, campaigns & research —
Campaigners hail new Labour Party commitment to increase grant funding
In its new Civil Society Strategy launched today, the Labour Party commits to increase grant funding for charities and establish...
ByJay Kennedy, Director of Policy and Research, DSC —Policy, Policy, campaigns & research —
Change is afoot with charity accounting – trustees take note!
There was a consultation on how the SORP is governed last year, and the results are out. Jay Kennedy, Director...
ByJay Kennedy, Directory of Policy and Research, DSC, and Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, DSC —
Don’t eat the bad fruit from the Garden Bridge tree...
...the failure of ‘a’ charity is not a failure of ‘charity’. One high-profile failure pushed by big name backers simply...
ByDaniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, DSC —
More regulation isn’t the answer to everything...
... and charities are drowning in it. Our already heavily regulated sector has been subjected to a blizzard of new...