Healthy options?

Nick Young and Mike Whitlam explore how civil society can provide commissioned services to the NHS

Healthy options?

Fit for purpose

“The ominous warning for the new schools is that self-government and charitable status provide no guarantees for the delivery of improved education within a unitary state system”

Fit for purpose

“The non profit sector has the opportunity to steal a march on its competitors – its traditional strengths in high quality service delivery albeit with less emphasis on cost-driven decision making puts the customer or service user at the heart of its processes”

Great expectations

Jonathan Welfare and Martin Brookes look forward to what the new government can do to work more effectively with civil society

In readiness

Ruth Spellman believes that improving management skills will be key in delivering the government’s ‘Big Society’ vision

Campaigning for change

Why don’t more charities invest in campaigning to achieve their objectives? Anthony Julius, Michael King and Vicki Bowles share their thoughts 

X marks the spot

Following the dissolution of Parliament, Nick Hurd, Jenny Willott and Angela Smith are all third sector spokespeople for their political parties and take this pre-election
opportunity to summarise what they would do if elected on 6 May

All for one and one for all?

Stuart Etherington and Stephen Bubb deal with the suggestion that the sector should be engaging with the government in a more joined-up manner

Will they still love us tomorrow?

David Nussbaum and Lynne Berry believe the third sector has come a long way in developing its working relationship with the government, but must retain its own democratic identity

Insider knowledge

David Jarvis and Kevin Curley look at how the targets of statutory service providers can obscure the added value provided by specialist local community-based charities

No restraints

Dan Pallotta and Joe Saxton look at how restraints on non-profits undermine their potential to innovate and generate large incomes for their beneficiaries

Dancing with the Devil

Charles Scott and Rupert Merson explore the relationship between for-profit and not-for-profit organisations

Skills injection

Alan Strickland and Hannah Crowther demonstrate how charities and young professionals can benefit from private sector organisations deferring their trainee schemes

Under the microscope

Adrian Seargeant comments on the Centre for Charitable Giving's funded capacity to perform fundraising research

Is capitalism in crisis? (James Codrington)

James Codrington gives his perspective on the root of the banking crisis and lessons from the voluntary sector

Is capitalism in crisis? (Stephen Lloyd)

Stephen Lloyd gives his perspective on the root of the banking crisis and lessons from the voluntary sector

What engages and motivates wealthy donors?

Martin Stamp and Sheila Hooper give two different perspectives on transformational major gifts

Did the Prince's Trust fundraise a political party?

Moira Protani and Kenneth Dibble do not agree about the legal authority for the Charity Commission's recent decision

What are the leadership and development challenges for charities currently?

Dame Mary Marsh and Professor Sharon Turnbull share their views