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A black day for fairtrade 2

9 Dec 2009 | Joe Turner

In the battle for ethical trading, Monday 7 December will go down as Black Monday - the day when the Fairtrade Foundation finally lost all credibility.

A black day for fairtrade

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Big society blog: Quango quango 8

Finance | Gordon Hunter
26 Jul 2010

Topics: Statutory funding | Funding

Gordon Hunter reveals the vastness of the quango pot as he asks: what could you do with the money at grassroots level?

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Governance | Celina Ribeiro
6 Jan 2010

Topics: Social networking | Websites

Civil Society is searching for two new bloggers in a nationwide competition to find fresh voices in the sector.

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How to mount a defence against a tabloid press obsessed with high pay 2

Governance | Tania Mason
16 Jul 2010

Topics: Remuneration | Crisis management

Pay is the new expenses. Tania Mason offers three key messages charities could use when the media puts the sector in the spotlight in its campaign against high pay.

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Charities, pension schemes and the judgement of Solomon 1

Governance | David Davison
11 Mar 2010

Topics: Pensions | Finance for trustees | Trustee liability | Trustee roles and responsibilities

I read with some dismay the story of the 72-year-old charity volunteer facing ruin as a result of being pursued for nearly £20,000 by the trustee of the pension scheme he was associated with as chairman...

As the Fairtrade Foundation grows bigger and bigger it becomes a middleman - the very thing that authentic Fair Trade removed. It is wrecking the Fair Trade conversation - who in their right mind is going to promote Nestlé.

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Big Society - big deal! 1

Finance | Gordon Hunter
20 Jul 2010

Topics: Funding | Statutory funding

New blogger Gordon Hunter is dismayed by all the fuss over the Big Society.

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Social return on investment is not enough

Finance | Martin Brookes
10 Nov 2009

Topics: Impact reporting | Investment

Recently the UK homelessness charity, Crisis, announced it is using SROI analysis to publicise and put a financial value on the benefits of its ‘Skylight’ schemes. While Crisis should be applauded for...

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'Social enterprise - a dangerous mix' 1

Finance | Tania Mason
10 Feb 2010

Topics: Ethical investment | Investment | Socially responsible investment | Social enterprise

I was watching Dave one evening last week (as you do) when the 2007 episode of Dragons Den featuring social entrepreneur Paige Allen came on. I’d not seen it before so I watched with interest.

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It's a mad, mad world!! 2

Finance | David Davison
31 Mar 2010

Topics: Law

David Davison is stunned by the arrogance of the plaintiffs and the stupidity of the jurors in this year's infamous 'Stella Awards'.

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