The Charity Commission is seeking views on the Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) it has conducted into the potential impact of its aim to have all of its services online by 2012. A consultation document is published today on the charity regulator’s website.
Identifying local community cohesion activities that work well
BVSC is being funded by Be Birmingham to undertake a range of work to identify examples of good practice in relation to local community cohesion activities undertaken by voluntary, community and other third sector groups in Birmingham.
Small charities gain temporary reprieve from music charges
Ten days ago the Chief Executives of NCVO, NAVCA and Volunteering England wrote to Government Ministers calling on them to protect the very smallest charities from new music charges. As a result, NCVO has learnt that the legislation due to be laid last week will now be delayed.
Birmingham LGBT Survey
Birmingham LGBT Community Trust has been commissioned by Birmingham City Council to design a survey to find out what are the real issues and needs for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans and who live, work or socialise in Birmingham.
Study highlights Big Society’s ‘rhetoric and reality gap’
There is a significant disparity between expectations of the Big Society and the sector’s current capacity, according to new research. The report by think tank IPPR North claims that, without support, community and social enterprise will not be able to rise to the challenge of the Big Society and argues there are insufficient numbers of ‘enterprise ready’ organisations looking to contract with the public sector.
UK Civil Society Almanac 2010
The new Civil Society Almanac – now in its 10th edition – is a completely revised, easy-to-use version of NCVO’s major annual reference publication. It draws together trends, facts and information from our own research programme, plus the latest available data from government surveys, academic research, and research by voluntary organisations.
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