Gareth Jones
Senior reporter, Civil Society Media
Gareth Jones is a senior reporter for Charity Finance, now working on a part-time basis. He edits the 'Technical Briefing' section of Charity Finance as well as writing features and producing survey reports.
As of September 2011, Jones is studying for an MA in Public Policy at King's College London. He is also currently volunteering one day a week in the policy team at Citizens Advice.
Jones originally joined Civil Society Media in January 2006 as an editorial assistant, having studied Modern History at the University of East Anglia.
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In a world where charities are increasingly outsourcing to external providers, Gareth Jones examines what the future might hold for IT departments.
Once again, we asked IT suppliers for their predictions on how IT in the charity sector will change over the next year. Here are their responses.
Gareth Jones reviews developments in impact reporting, and the specific role that SROI can play.
Charities are playing lobbying “power games” and need to listen more to their beneficiaries, according to Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams.
Each year Charity Finance asks both fund managers and charities about the merits of pooled investment. Gareth Jones summarises this year's views.
Sir Stephen Bubb has said he is hopeful that an ongoing governance review of NHS charities could ensure that their funds will not be included on NHS balance sheets after all.
NCVO has said the government is “receptive” to the idea of targeting any capital injection into the economy towards community building and land projects.
Gareth Jones asks if we are seeing a trend for charity names to explain clearly what the organisation does.