VONNE News and Opinion

Time for a workforce revolution?
Guest post from Brendan Hill, CEO of Concern Group. Third sector providers of health and care and their statutory colleagues surely…
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This guest blog is from Charlotte Pace, an Associate at the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR). Whole systems for whole people – what…
View BlogDigital Charities North East
This guest post is from David Van der Velde, Managing Director of Consult and Design Supporting Tech Enabled Social Innovation in the North…
View BlogReforming Charitable Tax Reliefs
Guest blog from Sir Nicholas Montagu KCB, Chair of the Charity Tax Commission. This post first appeared on the NPC website and is reproduced…
View BlogInvestment, independence and trust: hopes for the civil society strategy
What should civil society look like in 2030? That’s the question we’ve been asked at events run by DCMS/Open Lab and NAVCA as part of the government'…
View BlogGDPR: Lawful Basis
This blog continues our series sharing our GDPR preparations. With just under a month to go until GDPR Day we’ve done our data mapping…
View BlogWhat next for the European Social Fund?
Earlier this month a group of MPs that form the Work and Pensions Select Committee produced a report urging the government to ensure an immediate…
View BlogGDPR: Privacy policies
Privacy policies aren’t new, all of us will (or should!) have a privacy policy on our website telling people what we’re doing with their personal…
View BlogCreating a culture of transparency, trust and respect
In the wake of the shocking revelations about Oxfam and Save the Children I concur with Vicky Browning, CEO of the Association of Chief…
View BlogGDPR: Personal data and data mapping
Worryingly, only 44 per cent of charities have heard about GDPR according to a government survey, but the General Data Protection Regulation (…
View BlogCivil Society Support in Practice
The report by IPPR North Civil Society Support in the North was published as part of a three-year programme of work by IPPR North on the state…
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