Charities and voluntary groups have direct insight into the lives of the people and communities they support. The government’s devolution drive must not bypass them
It is vital that government and local commissioners ensure a level playing field and better quality in the commissioning and procurement of public services
Housing has been hit by the economic uncertainty following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. The government must develop a plan to keep the sector building
The skills accountants need to flourish in the charitable and public sectors are surprisingly similar. Colleagues thinking of making the move can be confident of success
Devolution could free local authorities to develop early intervention and prevention services that make greater use of social investment, a senior third sector figure has told Public Finance.
Balancing charity objectives with sound financial governance is a tough call for trustees. But it is critical, as the voluntary sector takes on ever more responsibility, writes Dan Corry
How should NEDs operate in an era of continuous change? By looking outwards to public service users, not upwards or inwards to official bodies, writes Lord Adebowale
Community assets transfers are gathering pace as councils seek to offload maintenance costs. But communities need support and some funding to make them a success
Charities are coming under increasing scrutiny over their governance and fundraising tactics, just as they are taking on more vital work once performed by public organisations
Facts and figures from the March 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, featuring public trust in officials, EU vs UK vs US employment trends, inflation, housebuilding and Brexit
The collapse of Kids Company shows why scrutiny of public funding for charities needs to improve. The government’s role must be to encourage better, more sustainable organisations into the future
An “extraordinary catalogue of failures” by both government and regulators led to the collapse of high-profile charity Kids Company last year, MPs said today.
Housing association mergers can bring big benefits but are not always the right way to go. Here are some questions to think about before you start off down the merger path.
Local government funding cuts could be a ‘silent killer’ for small charities and leave them unable to compete with national organisations, think-tank New Philanthropy Capital has warned.
The Public Accounts Committee has concluded that government funding of the closed charity Kids Company was a “failed and expensive experiment” that must never be repeated.
According to Tolstoy in the opening of Anna Karenina, happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. With so many ways to be unhappy, it’s no surprise that the...
