New BIG policy directions include social investment priority
Tags: Trusts and foundations
Jay Kennedy
Jay Kennedy is head of policy at the Directory of Social Change. Kennedy joined the organisation in 2003 as a researcher and now has responsibility for a range of DSC activities, including delivering on its Great Giving campaign. Prior to joining the DSC he worked both in the US and UK as an academic and for local government associations.
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The Cabinet Office has today published the new policy directions for the Big Lottery Fund, which introduce a new priority for boosting the capacity of the social investment market.
Elements of the proposed new policy directions of the Big Lottery Fund threaten the funder's independence from government, the Directory for Social Change has warned.
Representatives from the Office for Civil Society, including Nick Hurd, ignored calls for their input into the evaluation of the Compact overseen by the Commission for the Compact as its final act before closing its doors on 31 March.
News
DSC policy chief hits out at government infrastructure plans
Tags: Statutory funding | Umbrella bodies
The Directory of Social Change has labelled the government’s consultation on the sector’s infrastructure “shambolic” and likened it to Labour’s controversial ChangeUp programme.
Analysis
The other admin costs: What proportion of government funding reaches 'the frontline'?
Tags: Statutory funding | Costs
The truth about the amount of government funding that gets eaten up in ‘admin’ is potentially embarrassing, so why doesn’t anyone ever ask about those costs? Jay Kennedy ponders.
Changes to the Virgin Trains charity discount scheme will leave many charities worse off, according to the Directory of Social Change.
Acevo and the Directory of Social Change have voiced serious doubts about the proposed updates to the Compact in response to the Refreshing the Compact consultation.
Expert advice
Beware the devil in the detail: don't be frightened to question grant terms and conditions
The Directory of Social Change’s Jay Kennedy offers tips for fundraisers about how to access and evaluate grant terms and conditions.
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