Simon Hebditch

Simon Hebditch

Simon Hebditch has worked in the voluntary and community sector for many years, specialising in policy analysis, strategic planning, campaigning and external relations.

Most recently, he was the first chief executive of Capacitybuilders from February 2006 to March 2008. Previously, Hebditch had been external affairs director of the Charities Aid Foundation and assistant director of NCVO.

Simon is currently a freelance consultant and has participated in a project for the Commission for the Compact looking at European funding conditions and the relationship with Compact principles.

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Come clean on expenses

It was only a matter of time before someone picked up on expenses in the charity sector.

Hebditch joins board of CTN

Former Capacitybuilders chief executive Simon Hebditch has joined the trustee board of Charity Trustee Networks, the national umbrella organisation for trustees and management committee members.

Sector reveals election wishes

As well as a promise to reintroduce the Charities Bill in the first Queen's speech of a new parliament after the general election, sector bodies have outlined their wishlist for the new government.

Capacitybuilders announces leaders of seven National Support Services

The NCVO is to lead two of the new government-funded National Support Services being established by Capacitybuilders to replace the controversial ChangeUp hubs.

A merging of views

The news that three of the sector's big representative bodies have made a commitment to sharing office premises will come as little surprise to some.

Hubs to remain in place until June

The hub structure will remain in place until 1 June 2007 even if Capacitybuilders decides to shrink their remit and take on their commissioning powers itself.

Change up in the air

It's been a rocky and controversial ride for the hubs, set up by the government under the ChangeUp programme to help develop and support infrastructure in the voluntary sector across six areas of activity.

Hubs capped

Capacitybuilders is expected to announce this month that at least some of the six hubs of expertise set up under the ChangeUp programme will be scrapped.

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