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Leading the fight for fairness

Fairness Commissions have helped pushed the issues of inequality and poverty onto the agenda. But ...

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The Futurebuilders story must be told if we’re to open the door to new social investors

I wanted to tell the story of Futurebuilders because I think it is important that ...

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Understanding how debt problems change our behaviour is the key to better support

A new report based on research in the Netherlands, provides five ways to incorporate latest ...

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Local government must respond to in-work benefit cuts

The next few years are going to be very challenging for local government but even ...

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Can trust and support deliver a Real Big Society?

I read somewhere recently that the prime minister genuinely believes that if it works for ...

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It’s systems change, stupid

At the VSNW2014 conference in Manchester yesterday the failure of systems was a constant theme. ...

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Q & A with Bob Holman: Leading by example in the fight against inequality

Bob Holman gave up an affluent lifestyle to live and work alongside the disadvantaged of ...

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Competition is the essence of an innovative voluntary sector

I am not advocating ‘neo-liberalism’ for the voluntary sector. The sector rightly is not market-based, ...

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What’s the role of the voluntary sector in local economies?

For me, the big lesson from the growing evidence base is something ridiculously grand about ...

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The drumbeat of voluntary social action

The public sector and politicians in particular should welcome a healthy civil society where voluntary ...