Trustee Exchange 2012
22 Feb 2012
Voluntary sector is 'failing its women' 7
Tania Mason
26 Jan 2012
26 Jan 2012
News
Acevo chair: equality debate 'must move on from bra-burning' 8
27 Jan 2012 | Tania Mason
If women in the voluntary sector are to achieve equality of pay and opportunity, the debate needs to move on from the “old-fashioned bra-burning era” and focus on skills, according to Acevo chair Lesley-Anne Alexander.
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Acevo chair: equality debate 'must move on from bra-burning'
Seven in ten voluntary sector employees are female, yet just over four in ten charities are led by female CEOs or chairs. And in charities with turnover of £10m or more, women are in the top jobs at just 27 per cent of them.
Blogs
Stand and deliver – but for heaven's sake stop meddling 6
David Philpott
17 Jan 2012
17 Jan 2012
Tags: Leadership and strategy | Chairs
Chairs have a place in charities, says David Philpott, but it shouldn't be in the stationery cupboard counting pens, or debating the cost of electricity.
News
Impact group: charities could allocate percentage of funding for impact measurement 6
Vibeka Mair
23 Jan 2012
23 Jan 2012
Tags: Impact reporting
The Inspiring Impact Group, a coalition of voluntary sector bodies seeking to provide collective leadership on measuring impact over the next 10 years, is considering encouraging funders to allocate at least 5 per cent of funding to evaluation and measurement.
Charity Business, the agency that provides outsourced financial back-office services, has ceased trading, leaving around 200 small and medium-sized charities without services and around 20 staff without jobs.
News
Charities poll in gay-friendly employers list 4
Adam Martin
13 Jan 2012
13 Jan 2012
Tags: Ethics | Human resources
Nacro has reclaimed its crown from Citizens Advice as the most gay-friendly charity to work for.
News
Council wants to transfer sport and leisure services to a charitable trust 4
Kirsty Weakley
19 Jan 2012
19 Jan 2012
Durham County Council is considering putting its leisure centres, libraries and theatres into a charitable trust as a way to save money.
News
Big Society 'has led to misleading perceptions of big charities' 3
Vibeka Mair
13 Jan 2012
13 Jan 2012
Tags: Big Society | Public service delivery
Large charities including NSPCC, RSPCA and the Red Cross have been talking about how to alter public perception that the Big Society is all about big charities guzzling up public sector contracts.
News
Call for emergency action on youth unemployment 3
Jonathan Last
6 Feb 2012
6 Feb 2012
Tags: Human resources
Tackling youth unemployment should be a priority for all sectors, says Acevo CEO Stephen Bubb, as a new report by the Commission on Youth Unemployment warns that the issue has reached “emergency point”.
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