News and comment 2022
- Charity trustees can invest for positive environmental impact – landmark legal ruling, Pioneers Post (May 05, 2022)
Resources[edit | edit source]
Citizens data initiative[edit | edit source]
OpenCharities, A quick and simple project to open up the information on the UK's Register of Charities, and make it available to the community in a variety of forms. It's built by the people behind OpenlyLocal.com, a project to open up local government data and other local public sector information.[1]
"Research guesses put the number of under-the-radar groups at around 900,000." Navca[2]
NCVO UK Civil Society Almanac, statistics on the Voluntary Sector and Civil Society in the UK
Research for the Home Office Citizenship Survey 2001 showed that just under two fifths of people took part in formal volunteering (39%, taking part at least once in the last 12 months), whilst two thirds of people (67%) volunteered informally.[3]
Research[edit | edit source]
- Civil Society Futures, "a national conversation about how English civil society can flourish in a fast changing world"
Video[edit | edit source]
News and comment[edit | edit source]
2021
NGOs must join the dots and back local action to create a decade of progress, Harriet Lamb, May 26[4]
2020
Deep Revolution. The Alternative UK.[5] Nov 23
Local people have had to improvise during the pandemic. Could their solutions stick? John Harris[6] Nov 22
2018
Charities risk becoming irrelevant, warns new report, Nov 20[7]
How can we shape the future together? Nov 18[8]
Matt Kepple: Why we need the voluntary sector's collective expertise, Jul `12[9] asks "Where is our Wikipedia for social change?"...How about right here? CASwiki and Appropedia? Philralph (talk) 10:58, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
2017
Getting involved: more of the people, more of the time? Nov 29[10]
London news: New Hub for London gets £350,000 to support civil society - hopefully including grassroots groups, Nov 5[11]
Connecting Londoners organisation needed for civil society and action for social good: response to #TheWayAhead @lvscnews, Apr 4[12]
Britons see volunteering as a hobby or a way to network rather than a chore, Mar 24[13]
2014
There shouldn't be any charities in 10 years' time, February 6[14]
2013
Government reports "resurgence in volunteering" following the Olympics, February 12[15]
News sources[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Community and voluntary action
- Community currencies activism
- Community involvement UK, Community involvement UK news
- Localism UK
- Rural sustainability UK
- Urban sustainability UK
- Networks UK
- local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages
External links[edit | edit source]
- Wikipedia: Charities based in the United Kingdom (category)
- Projects, experiments.friendsoftheearth.uk, Steal our ideas, Please take the ideas we love but cannot work on, experiments.friendsoftheearth.uk
- Charity Commission for England and Wales, non-ministerial government department that regulates registered charities in England and Wales. W
- The Conservation Volunteers Green Gym programme aims to provide people with a way to enhance their fitness and health while taking action to improve the outdoor environment. It can be seen as enabling people to get fit who would not normally attend a conventional gym or sports centre. W
- National Association for Voluntary and Community Action, national membership body for local support and development organizations in England. It is a registered charity, based in Sheffield, and was previously called the National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (NACVS). NAVCA is a strategic partner of the Department of Health (government) and the Cabinet Office's Office for Civil Society. W
- National Coalition for Independent Action
- National Council for Voluntary Organizations, umbrella body for the voluntary and community sector in England. NCVO works to support the voluntary and community sector and to create an environment in which an independent civil society can flourish. NCVO has a membership of over 10,000 voluntary organizations. These range from large national bodies to community groups, volunteer centres, and development agencies working at a local level. W
- Volunteering England
- WWOOF UK
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ opencharities.org
- ↑ civilsociety.co.uk, 19 Dec 2011
- ↑ Home Office Research Development Statistics link not found, June 2015
- ↑ civilsociety.co.uk
- ↑ thealternative.org.uk
- ↑ theguardian.com
- ↑ The Guardian
- ↑ Civil Society Futures
- ↑ civilsociety.co.uk
- ↑ @ncvo
- ↑ connectinglondoners.blog
- ↑ networkedcity.blog
- ↑ @ConversationUK
- ↑ The Guardian
- ↑ gov.uk