Tag Archives: Charity research
Small charities: Key findings from our data
This blog summarises what we know about small charities based on the UK Civil Society Almanac 2018 and builds on our 2016 analysis for Lloyds Bank Foundation. Continue reading
2019 is the year of the volunteering strategy
The new year is on the horizon and 2019 is NCVO’s centenary year. We are offering ten frontline organisations the chance to join us on a learning journey, to develop a volunteering strategy. Continue reading
Rethinking trusteeship
Trustees are often senior in age, at the pinnacle of their career with years of professional experience . The Young Trustees Movement was set up to challenge this. Continue reading
Governance round-up: September 2018
This month we look at the commission's attitude towards serious incident reporting, research into the role of trustees and charity spending. Continue reading
Impact round-up: August 2018
Welcome to our August impact round-up. Each month at NCVO Charities Evaluation Services we summarise the latest news in impact and evaluation and share useful guides, resources and data collection tools. Continue reading
Building bridges between volunteering and research
As a volunteer manager, I like my practice to be evidence-based. I think we all do. A joint event sought to bring together the researchers, practitioners and everyone in-between to ask 'how can we better work together to advance volunteering research?' Continue reading
Volunteering round up: May 2018
The latest news and resources on charity volunteering, including information about Volunteers Week 2018 and NCVO training courses. Continue reading
Making volunteering more diverse: Thoughts from NCVO’s Annual Conference
This blog reflects on the latest research on diversity and volunteering from NCVO's annual conference, and asks what charities can do to make volunteering more inclusive. Continue reading
Almanac 2018: What does the data tell us?
The NCVO’s UK Civil Society Almanac is a rich source of information on the voluntary sector. To be as complete and accurate as possible, we bring together: data from charities’ accounts, the Charity Commission’s open data and national surveys. Continue reading
