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Category Archives: Opinion
It’s not going to be easy…
Having an interim role provides discipline for someone like me who loves to think about the big picture and makes things happen. It means you have to focus: there’s a deadline. So I’ve probably paid less attention to the commentaries … Continue reading
Post election blues
Guest blog post by Judy Robinson. Post-2015 General Election, the UK is looking decided blue. There are already many analyses about the election by voluntary organisations, but frankly some of them smack more of opportunism than thoughtfulness. So, here I … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Opinion, Policy & influencing
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Welfare reform “enablers and life changers”: Putting the voluntary sector at the heart of delivery
Guest blog post by David Smith, Chief Executive of Hull and East Yorkshire MIND Last year I was honoured to be asked to write a guest blog for Involve on the impact of welfare reform and in particular how that … Continue reading
Bearing the burden of proof: compliance investigations and benefits cuts.
Guest post by Richard Bridge, Better Leeds Communities. The issue of benefit fraud never fails to trigger interest and a range of emotions. With the public regularly whipped into fits of hysteria by media coverage of ‘fraudsters’ siphoning off taxpayers … Continue reading
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Creating our own future: what opportunities for the voluntary sector in 2015?
At the beginning of this month, I took up the role of Acting Chief Executive here at Involve. Working three days each week, I’ll be around until the end of 2015, navigating through a period of uncertainty, change and opportunity. … Continue reading
Doing Better Together: sign up to the VCS Manifesto!
Everyone’s at it…writing manifestos, I mean! Involve has been busy collating responses and shaping our manifesto for the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Yorkshire and Humber, in consultation with our members and other VCS colleagues. The final version has … Continue reading
Infrastructure needs investment and change. Who knew?
It was a brave decision by NAVCA to set up an independent commission to look at VCS infrastructure. Their report, Change for Good, came out last month. There are useful summaries and case studies showing why infrastructure matters, what it … Continue reading
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Feeding Britain: challenge or trap for the VCS?
Food poverty and food banks pose a dilemma for the voluntary sector. How do we tackle poverty without colluding with its causes? Hunger at Christmas It is peculiarly apposite that in the season of excess and over-eating, there … Continue reading
Leadership in a time of austerity
“In times of austerity, genuine, deep collaboration is the only way forward. The voluntary sector needs to embrace radical change” says Julian Corner, Chief Executive of LankellyChase. At our Annual Lecture 2014, Julian offered his thoughts on how voluntary sector leaders … Continue reading
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Devolution: it’s still a long way from Whitehall and the town hall
You can hardly move at the moment without falling over reports on Northern devolution, or ministers in high-vis jackets looking purposefully at manufactured things. Does this mean there’s a fast train coming round the corner soon? Or, more realistically, a … Continue reading
