Tag Archives: Office for Civil Society

Can people be nudged into giving more?

By , Tuesday, 4 January 2011, Be the first to comment

Tucked away on page 19 of the government’s green paper on giving are two short sentences that speak volumes.

“We know that tax reliefs for charitable giving provide incentives for donors and support to charities more generally”, it says. “We will review the relationship between financial incentives and giving.”

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The commissioning reform green paper contains something that could alarm the sector

By , Friday, 10 December 2010, 1 Comment

While flicking through the Office for Civil
Society’s green paper on commissioning reform,
I came across something that might alarm the sector.

The document is looks at ways to make it easier for
civil society organisations to bid for public service delivery contracts.
Sounds uncontroversial enough.

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Was the £100m Transition Fund due to be allocated to the sector anyway?

By , Tuesday, 26 October 2010, Be the first to comment

The dust has settled a little following the comprehensive spending review, and it may be time to take a look at whether the Office of Civil Society did well or badly out of it.

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Hand-holding by the Office For Civil Society

By , Monday, 18 October 2010, Be the first to comment

The Office for Civil Society issued two short documents last week. There was a consultation about how it should take forward capacity-building in the sector, and a policy statement about building a stronger civil society.

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