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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New BIG policy directions include social investment priority

Fundraising | Tania Mason
3 Apr 2012

Tags: Trusts and foundations

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.

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BIG’s independence threatened by new policy directions, says DSC

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro
25 Nov 2011

Tags: Regulation | Trusts and foundations | Grants & Grantmaking | Independence

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.

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Fears for Compact as government ignores final Commission report 1

Governance | Niki May Young
13 Apr 2011

Tags: Compact

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.

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DSC policy chief hits out at government infrastructure plans

Finance | Gareth Jones
2 Dec 2010

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.

Few beyond NCVO believe in the Compact - and for NCVO it is about marketshare and has little to do with the interests of the sector. I wonder how many of their 30 pieces of OCS silver are left?

» Fears for Compact as government ignores final Commission report

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The other admin costs: What proportion of government funding reaches 'the frontline'?

Fundraising | Jay Kennedy
17 Sep 2010

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.

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Virgin Trains charity discount offer will leave charities stranded, says DSC 5

Finance | Celina Ribeiro
16 Aug 2010

Tags: Costs

Changes to the Virgin Trains charity discount scheme will leave many charities worse off, according to the Directory of Social Change.

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Concerns raised about upcoming refreshed Compact 1

Finance | Vibeka Mair
9 Nov 2009

Tags: Compact

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.