January 27th, 2012 
Tippa Naphtali 
Locality, the organisation for community anchors, has produced a quick guide to the Community Right to Bid and the Community Right to Challenge, which are part of the new Localism Act. Locality manages the Assets Transfer Unit, which can provide assistance on take on a local asset.
January 27th, 2012 Tippa Naphtali 
Seven in ten voluntary sector employees are female, yet just over four in ten charities are led by female CEOs or chairs. And in charities with turnover of £10m or more, women are in the top jobs at just 27 per cent of them. These are just two of the damning statistics contained in Rowena Lewis’s explosive new report, the culmination of her research into women leaders in the sector as part of her Clore Social Fellowship.
January 27th, 2012 Tippa Naphtali 
Participants will have access to 6 compulsory leadership training modules, along with dedicated 1:2:1 support from our staff team. The programme aims to unlock the leadership potential of young people by giving them skills development training and real-life leadership experiences that allows them to prepare for leading positive change in their communities.
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Tags: Learning & Leadership, Recruitment & Volunteering 
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History will recognise that the indefatigable campaigning of Stephen Lawrence’s parents has done more to change this country than a mountain of race relations legislation. brap chief executive Joy Warmington reflects on the lessons of the Stephen Lawrence murder.
January 18th, 2012 Tippa Naphtali 
New research by the Third Sector Research Centre that attempts to map the extent of community activity taking place around the country suggests that there is a vast amount of activity taking place that gets missed by traditional surveys. The TSRC researchers mapped self-organised activity within two very small geographical areas of England and identified 58 community groups operating in and around just 11 streets.
