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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 – ...Cooperation is better than conflict
Good news! Cooperatives UK has just reported a big rise in the number of registrations of new cooperatives registered this year (as reported in this Third Sector article).
<>Cooperatives (legally defined by that bastion of cooperation, Wikipedia as ‘a legal entity owned and democratically controlled equally by its members’) are one extreme of membership organisations (at the other end of the continuum would be a traditional company or charity model where membership is only paid lipservice). ...X and Y: the future of the paid workforce
<>In the current economic climate, it is more vital than ever that you have a committed, effective workforce. Recruiting is a costly business, which no-one wants to have to do too often! The Foresight seminar on the impact of the changing workforce looked at the ways the VCS could address this, examining the external trends and forces that can change the shape of the workforce, and the impact these might have. As highlighted in the seminar, awareness and planning is key to attracting and...Make campaigners history? The impact of large scale campaigns
<>In 1985 Live Aid changed the way people thought about and participated in campaigning. For the first time in history, activism was not confined to the zealous few devoting their lives to the cause; the campaign opened up participation to all, and in doing so, made people feel that their actions could make a difference and indeed ‘feed the world’. The success of this campaign saw rise to other mass campaigns; Children in Need and Comic Relief became annual TV bonanzas, raising millions of...The latest Foresight seminar: X and Y
In this time of economic uncertainty, it is more vital than ever that you have a committed, effective workforce. Recruiting is a costly business, which no-one wants to have to do too often!
Do you understand what may impact on workforce in the future? What external trends and forces can change the shape of your workforce? This awareness and planning is key to attracting and retaining a workforce that will enable your organisation to realise its full potential.
<>This NCVO Third Sector Foresight...Changing life cycles…
<>I went to a fascinating event run by the Tomorrow Project last week, looking at people’s changing life cycles and how these affect and are affected by business. A group of employers, employees, academics and futurists spent the day examining three stages of life (early, middle and older), identifying future drivers in each of the life stages, and discussing how business can influence these. The event was held to inform a new book being published next year; however, it made me think about ...The world of work in 2018
<>A little while ago, I attended a futures symposium organised by the European Futures Observatory and a network of professional futurists. One of the presentations was based on the newly published report (PDF 991 KB) on what the world of work in 2018 would look like by the Chartered Management Institute. The world of work has changed dramatically in the last decade. The management and leadership skills needed to survive or succeed today are very different from those of a generation ago, and...Is the face of volunteering changing?
<><>For organisations involving volunteers, you might like to have a look at a new publication from IVR (the Institute of Volunteering Research). The research bulletin is one of a series that IVR is publishing to explore and disseminate aspects of ‘Helping Out: a national survey of volunteering and charitable giving’ . It looks at the ‘changing and non-changing faces of volunteering’ and presents some interesting findings on long-standing volunteers and new or recent recruits. In terms of policy...Diversity and foundations
One of the frequent comments I tend to make on the site is that some of the developments in the US nonprofit sector might be indicative of what the future looks like in the UK. An emerging argument about diversity and foundations is one such example.
<>The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently reported that the Californian state assembly has passed a proposal (its not yet been agreed by the Senate) to force the largest nonprofit foundations to disclose the composition of their workforce and...