By Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, DSC — Policy, campaigns & research, Policy —
Are we talking about the right approach to fix the Charity Commission’s budget?
An independent and well-resourced Charity Commission is crucial for the well-being of the charity sector. But the Commission has seen...
By Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, DSC — Policy, campaigns & research, Policy —
Keep calm and carry on campaigning – but government must reform the Lobbying Act!
New research adds further hard-nosed evidence to the widely held view across the sector that the Lobbying Act must be...
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.
