By Jay Kennedy, DSC Director of Policy and Research and Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, DSC — Policy, campaigns & research, Policy —
New toolkit revealed to question charity regulator’s political independence
Following regular and widely-held concerns about the party-political bias of the previous Charity Commission Chair William Shawcross, and the subsequent...
By Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, DSC — Policy, Policy, campaigns & research —
Take five minutes to give government your two bits about grants!
Government wants your views about policies for civil society. Let them know what you think about grants. We have prepared...
By Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, DSC —
The Lobbying Act & other measures: we need your views!
The Directory of Social Change is supporting research on the impact of the Lobbying Act, carried out by Sheila McKechnie...
By Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, DSC —
Freedom of (dis)information
We’ve learned that a Freedom of Information request sought to reveal more about the £425m taken from the Big Lottery...
By Debra Allcock Tyler, DSC Chief Executive —
Getting the words right with the Charity Commission
Debra Allcock Tyler's latest Third Sector article on the role of the Charity Commission in the wake of it's new...
By Debra Allcock Tyler, DSC Chief Executive —
All the money does go to the cause, Mr Knowy McKnowitall
In her latest Third Sector article, DSC Chief Executive, Debra Allcock Tyler, challenges sceptical attitudes towards charitable giving.
By Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, DSC Policy — Policy, Policy, campaigns & research —
Autumn Budget 2017: a scandal of critical social needs left unaddressed
Our Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde gives an in-depth view into what last week's budget means for the...
By Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, DSC Policy — Policy, Campaigns —
At this rate it could take 30+ years to pay back government’s Olympic debt!
Our Policy and Public Affair Manager, Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde sheds some light on our government's failure to pay back the Big...
