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Civil society, third sector, voluntary sector - can't we just settle on one?

Fri, 27 May 2011 15:31:00 GMT

As a grizzled cynic, Ian Allsop has been around long enough to have heard it all before.

Sector campaigning must take a back seat to service delivery, says RNIB chair

Thu, 12 May 2011 11:51:00 GMT

Charities should consider ditching the word 'charity' in favour of social enterprise and must begin to view themselves "more as product developers and less as campaigners", RNIB chair Kevin Carey told the CFDG conference this morning.

Thinking differently about governance

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:19:00 GMT

Royal National Institute of Blind People chairman, Kevin Carey, considers what a move towards a conversational culture rather than a reporting culture could do for the governance of charities.

RNIB chair wants to grow RNIB Group into a £500m-turnover operation

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:59:00 GMT

RNIB chair Kevin Carey has an ambition to grow the RNIB Group into an enterprise with turnover of half a billion pounds.

Sector taskforce to outline vision for better regulation to Dame Suzi

Thu, 6 May 2010 13:12:00 GMT

A new Acevo taskforce that is drawing up proposals for a less stringent regulatory framework for the sector, has lined up a meeting with Charity Commission chair Dame Suzi Leather later this month to discuss its ideas.

Dalton comes out against paid trustees and unitary boards

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:14:00 GMT

Governance expert Dorothy Dalton has stormed into the debate over whether trustees should sit on unitary boards alongside the executive and be paid for their work.

Paid trustees and unitary boards are wholly inappropriate

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:08:00 GMT

Is the time right for paid trustees and unitary boards? Dorothy Dalton reports.

RNIB chair proposes self-regulation for charities

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:16:00 GMT

RNIB chair Kevin Carey is eliciting support from charities for a new model of charity self-regulation that focuses on performance instead of process.

Existing governance model is 'bust', says RNIB chair

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:10:00 GMT

The existing model of charity governance that gives non-executive trustee boards authority over executive staff is bust and cannot be sustained, the chair of RNIB told an audience of charity chief executives last week.

Improving governance and board performance

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:30:00 GMT

This is the full text of RNIB chair Kevin Carey's speech to the Acevo annual conference on Thursday 5 November 2009.