Alice Thornton, Renaisi’s Head of Learning, was invited to speak at the launch of the latest edition of STIR magazine, ‘The Cult of Innovation’. The lead article of the same title was authored by Dan Gregory, who argues that the current fashion for social innovation has not only failed to address systematic inequalities in society,
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New Philanthropy Capital and Deloitte hosted an event recently, focusing on the question, ‘Should charities step in for public services in an era of austerity?’ It aimed to explore how the charity sector is changing in response to a shrinking state and filling gaps left by contracting public services. The event featured a panel discussion
Read moreIt shouldn’t have been a challenging task. This is a fundamental, bread and butter issue for the sector. Every organisation’s core mission is to have an impact. And yet it felt in a small way as if our review was breaking new ground. Predictably, a quick internet search threw up masses of material on growth.
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In recent years, measuring and demonstrating impact has risen up the agendas of organisations that aim to do social good. Alongside this, interest in growing the evidence base for effective practice has spread. Scientific evaluative approaches and research techniques are increasingly being applied in not-for-profit service settings. Competition for scarce funding has been a key
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Mental health is gendered. For a range of reasons, different mental health conditions are more prevalent among men and women. This means that employment service providers and others wanting to support service users’ mental health effectively need to be able to recognise and respond appropriately to the causes of mental ill-health for cisgendered and trans* men
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