June 2009 News
Summer fun and worthy causes
Music festivals all around the UK are attracting more and more music lovers and party-goers every year, and are an increasingly lucrative market for anyone with goods to sell, an idea to promote or a cause to support.
Charities in the UK have been amongst the first to discover and to exploit the great potential summer music festivals have, targeting the huge audiences they bring together over the span of a few days.
<>Larger charities now have their name associated with various festivals, taking ...Local and European Elections 2009 - What do they mean for the VCS?
The local elections last week were devastating for the Labour Party and fantastic for the Conservative Party in particular. For a table summary of these results have a look here on the Guardian website. According to the BBC's projections, the Conservatives would have 38% of the national vote, Labour 23%, an historic low, the Lib Dems 28%, and other parties on 11%.
<>The Labour Party has suffered further losses in the European elections, gaining only 15.8% of the vote and coming overall third – ...Opportunity to get involved in Future of Membership project
The Future of Membership project will undertake new research into what membership means and what motivates people to become members. It will map the different challenges, purposes and models of membership, and develop strategic scenarios for the future. The project will run until April 2010.
The project is run jointly by NCVO, the RSA and a group of membership organisations. Outcomes of the work will be shared online on this website, as well as informing a forthcoming Future Focus guide.
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