Category Archives: Charities

A Communications Breakdown

Posted on October 25, 2013 by ianchisnall

It is becoming clear that a significant number of our MPs do not understand how to fully carry out their role in a world where many of us choose to use social media to communicate with a range of people and organisations as … Continue reading →

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Another graph of doom

Posted on October 23, 2013 by ianchisnall

The phrase ‘graph of doom’ in local government circles was first coined by officers in East Sussex County Council in their internal discussions. It describes a graph of the increasing demand on what is known as Adult Social Care due to an ageing … Continue reading →

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Romeo, prepare to be dissapointed

Posted on October 20, 2013 by ianchisnall

‘Transforming Rehabilitation’ is the name given to the flagship changes in Probation, designed by the coalition Government. There are many concerning elements of these proposals but I write here about one small aspect and unrealistic expectations that the Ministry of Justice has for this huge change.  I often … Continue reading →

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I say engagement, you say Lobbying!

Posted on October 19, 2013 by ianchisnall

We are more than half way through the development of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill 2013-14 with the third reading in the House of Commons having taken place on the 9th October. The stages … Continue reading →

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We must talk about all of the Waste

Posted on October 14, 2013 by ianchisnall

The Government has launched a new loan fund to enable a small number of farmers to build small scale Anerobic Digestion units on their farms. The funding is a modest £3M and the Farmers can apply for up to £400,000 … Continue reading →

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Can charities solve new problems?

Posted on October 9, 2013 by ianchisnall

I wrote last week on the disastrous approach by Bournemouth Borough Council in trying to operate some of their museums and open spaces through three charitable structures. As a result of this decision and the lack of experience by the Borough Council in … Continue reading →

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Do you have a broken wing?

Posted on October 4, 2013 by ianchisnall

“Without collaboration charities aren’t going to grow to scale, and aren’t going to win contracts,” “Unless you incentivise people to work together they will flap round uselessly like a bird with a broken wing.” “At the moment there are too many … Continue reading →

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Who looks after our children best?

Posted on September 22, 2013 by ianchisnall

On the 13th September the Government published a set of statistics and some analysis relating to children who live in a range of institutional residential settings across the UK. The full set of data available can be found on the website of the Department for Education … Continue reading →

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The man is bunkers

Posted on September 13, 2013 by ianchisnall

The charitable sector in England and Wales is a large and complex group of organisations. According to the charity commission which acts as the regulator for the sector there are a total of 163,000 charities with a combined income of nearly 61Bn. … Continue reading →

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Thank you for last night!

Posted on September 11, 2013 by ianchisnall

Residents in Brighton & Hove are the inheritors of many wonderful assets. Some are physical and relate to the landscape or the built environment, others are cultural and have many roots and sources. Throughout the 20th Century and into the 21st, the … Continue reading →

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