Lobbying + Sector Bodies News

Sir Roger Singleton, a former board member of the now-defunct Capacitybuilders, has expressed doubts over whether its £150m funding of infrastructure bodies actually helped frontline charities during its six-year history.

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Gareth Thomas won some senior charity sector support yesterday after criticising coalition ministers for not representing or listening to sector concerns well enough.

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Sir Nicholas Young, chief executive of British Red Cross, has said the whinging of the voluntary sector to government can get depressing.

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Baroness Hayter, the new spokeswoman for the shadow Cabinet Office team in the House of Lords, has criticised NCVO for not lobbying on behalf of the voluntary sector when the Welfare Reform Bill was going through Parliament.

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Acevo is restructuring ahead of its move into the NCVO building at King’s Cross this summer, and making three staff redundant.
 

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On 24 April NICVA held ‘ActUpNI: Campaigning Lobbying and Dissent’ bringing the voluntary and community sector together to discuss the effectiveness of its campaigning and lobbying strategies, investigate what has worked, where improvements could be made and where energy should be focused in the future.  It was also the launch of NICVA’s new online campaign site www.ActUpNI.org.

The programme has been announced for CORE 2012, NAVCA’s residential event for Chief Officer’s and senior managers. The event is being held at Yarnfield Park, Staffordshire on 13/14 June.

Response to Cabinet Office consultation argues for 'level playing field' across all professional lobbying

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Main parties divided over the inclusion of charities as Cabinet Office consultation enters its final week

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Minister for Social Development, Nelson McCausland referred to work to cut bureaucracy and red tape in government funding during a report on his involvement in the British Irish Council meeting on social inclusion.