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Category Archives: Charities
The crisis in Yemen demands action, not words!
Thanks to Stephen Twigg MP a very important series of questions and answers took place in the House of Commons last Tuesday, beginning with a Question from Stephen: “To ask the Minister of State for International Development to update the … Continue reading
An out of touch Government troublemaker
When someone appointed by the Government then goes on to make some ridiculous and out of touch comments – in this case about education, it is hard to know what will have an impact and persuade him or her to … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Academies, Education, ExCel, Sir Andrew Carter
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Tina has promised to listen to charities
The first speech by the new Chair of the Charity Commission took place yesterday at the NCVO annual conference. The full text is available here. As part of the speech Baroness Tina Stowell made a number of statements which providing … Continue reading
Jeremy Hunt has cut funding for good causes
A few days ago Parliaments Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published a report which should have been entitled ‘The future of lottery funding’ however it was actually called ‘The future of the national lottery’. The report which can be found here … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Camelot, Jeremy Hunt, John Major, National Lottery
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At last Parliament has spotted a problem
As this piece in the Guardian reports published last Friday, the payment by a range of Academy Trusts to their senior staff has finally caused Parliament, in the form of the Public Accounts Committee to raise their hands and say … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Academy Schools, Public Accounts Committee
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The internal barriers to transparency
The current criticisms of anti-Semitism levied at parts of the Labour Party cannot be ignored by the rest of society. Our society is made up of numerous organisations and groupings whose internal culture can at times justify or cover up … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Church Teaching, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Ant-Semitism, Chichester Diocese, IICSA, Islamaphobia, Labour Party
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A clear and simple call for Peace at Easter
It is easy to find the many Easter messages emanating from Churches around the world on social media this morning, and no doubt there will also be some from political leaders as the day proceeds. It is of course important … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Church Teaching, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Easter, Gaza, World Council of Churches
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Charity Commission must explain itself
On Friday the Charity Commission published this document which comprises a few words of text and 12 spreadsheets, each of which covers a month of their expenditure that exceeds £25,000. They are doing so in the interests of transparency. As … Continue reading
Injustice – the need for our prisons to change
On Wednesday afternoon at the University of Sussex, there will be a public showing of a film called ‘Injustice’ which focuses on the crisis in our prison service. The film explains that we need to see a major change to … Continue reading
We need Ministers that will listen & learn
On a regular basis local groups of businesses meet together for Breakfast or lunch meetings, usually focused on ideas which will enable some or all of the businesses present to strengthen their work and improve their profitability. The same is … Continue reading
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