Two stories I have worked on this year have generated considerable feeling. One is the merger of Age Concern and Help the Aged into Age UK and its subsequent attempts to persuade local Age Concerns to become ‘brand partners’. The other is the decision by the Alzheimer’s Society to merge local branches into a new regional structure…. Read more »
Posts Tagged: Government
Charities should be more than an afterthought when politicians talk tax
Among the ideas in the Charity Finance Directors’ Group’s election manifesto is one for establishing a review panel to scrutinise new legislation at an early stage and find out whether it will throw a giant spanner into the works of the charity sector. The benefit of this proposal is obvious: every time the Government introduced… Read more »
Let more public bodies join British Waterways in the voluntary sector
Last week, British Waterways said it wanted to leave the embrace of Government, and set up as a charity. Inspired by the National Trust, it said it could stand better on its own two feet. This started me wondering. How many quangos would be better off if they followed British Waterways’ example, and set up… Read more »