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October 2020: Next week''s annual conference

Lockdowns are spreading as coronavirus cases continue to rise and charities continue to shed jobs. It is not surprising that so many of us feel pretty low. One thing to look forward to is NPC Ignites, our annual conference that takes place next Wednesday and Thursday. The line up and the topics to be interrogated are pretty mouth-watering: there is something for everyone and, as ever at an NPC event, you will find your views challenged and your mind broadened. Do have a look at our full programme.

There are disadvantages to not being able to all be together at this year''s NPC Ignites, however there are advantages with an all virtual event too. Many of the sessions will be taking place live, for instance the ''Question time'' panel chaired by Greg Hurst from The Times and featuring the likes of Ruth Davison of Comic Relief, Paul Latham of the Charity Commission and Rosie Lewis of the Angelou Centre (do send in your questions for the panel by using #NPCIgnites on Twitter). But thanks to Zoom, we will be recording all of this year''s NPC Ignites so that you can watch each of the sessions another time, day, or week, if that suits you better. Our pricing also allows for you to pay for all the content or just bits of it-I think that will really suit lots of people. We also have a limited number of bursary places available for small charities, ethnic minority charities of all sizes and ethnic minority representatives from charities of all sizes. Email events@thinkNPC.org for details.

NPC Ignites comes shorty after the publication of the review of civil society that Danny Kruger MP produced for the Prime Minister. We felt that there was a lot of good material in it but wondered in our response if anyone is really going to take it forward in government. I will be saying a bit more about that in my contribution at NPC Ignites.

I hope to (virtually) see you next week,

Dan Corry
Chief Executive

Book now for NPC Ignites

Next week, we will be welcoming the sector to NPC''s annual conference. With over 70 speakers, 6 plenary sessions, 20 breakouts and prices from as little at ?25, there is something for everyone. This is an NPC Ignites not to be missed.

This year, amongst other topics, we will be discussing the future of the charity sector, what social justice looks like in the UK, how systems thinking can help us navigate our changed landscape, how we can move towards more equitable evaluation, and how charities can join forces for greater impact through mergers and sharing models.

Can''t watch on 14 and 15 October? Watch all of our sessions back later. Every session will be recorded and available to watch after the conference, so don''t worry if you can''t make it to the whole event, you can catch up later. Book your tickets for NPC Ignites 2020.

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Fulfilling Lives

We have launched two new guides on behalf of Fulfilling Lives Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. Gender and culture-informed approaches: What they are and how to introduce them and Trauma-informed approaches: What they are and how to introduce them. ''Gender and culture-informed approaches'' recognise how people's specific needs are influenced by their gender, their cultural background, or both. 'Trauma-informed approaches' are ways of supporting people that recognise specific needs they may have as a result of past or ongoing trauma. Charities can use these approaches to give more holistic and personalised care. NPC, alongside Groundswell and the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, are the research and evaluation partners on the Fulfilling Lives project, and these short guides will help you to understand what ''gender and culture-informed approaches'' and ''trauma-informed approaches'' are, and how to introduce them into your service.

Baroness Barran: The sector needs 'better data and transparency'

It is (online) conference season. The Conservative Party hosted its 2020 annual conference this week. In light of this, we asked the Minister for Civil Society, Baroness Barran, to author a blog for us on the government's latest thinking on the role of charities in our society. In this new blog, the Minister writes about the need for ''better data and transparency'' in the sector, and about how the government can ''unlock resources'' for charities. Read this blog to find out what the government hopes to achieve for charities going forward. Baroness Barran will also be speaking about the future of the sector at NPC Ignites, book your ticket now. During the Labour Party''s annual conference in September, we also invited the Shadow Minister for the Voluntary and Community Sector, Rachael Maskell MP, to write about Labour''s proposed programme for charities. In it, we learned about Labour''s thoughts on how to support the charity sector through Covid-19 and about their plan for 'pound, power and partnerships' for the charity sector. You can find that blog here.

'I just can't imagine': Why we need lived experience in the charity sector

We need individuals with lived experience in the charity sector. Most people, if they are brutally honest with themselves, do not really want to imagine being a bereaved parent or going through the criminal justice system or being homeless, so, often they don't. And that's okay, but it does mean there is a need for people that have been there and done it, and therefore don't have to imagine. Ahead of Baby Loss Awareness Week next week, in this blog, NPC''s Clare Wilkins shares why we need lived experience in the charity sector. Lived experience puts you in a position to help people. It equips you with a nuanced understanding of what it really means to experience something and navigate your way through it, and it gives you the right language to use.

Increasing the positive impact of all investments: Helping fund managers walk the walk

How can fund managers increase the positive impact of their investments? In this new guest blog, Snowball share some advice and set out their new framework which measures and assesses the impact of an investment. Impact investing is gaining momentum, and it couldn't come at a more pressing time. Covid-19 has disproportionally affected the most vulnerable in society. Greater efforts are needed to make investments work harder for society and Snowball are a fund management firm aiming to make that possible. They want to change behaviours in capital markets so that all capital is invested for social and environmental-as well as financial-returns. This new blog details how fund managers can walk the walk on impact investing.

Setting your charity's reserves policy through and beyond Covid-19

Before Covid-19, many charities deliberately kept their reserves down to focus their resources on achieving impact and to avoid deterring funders from supporting their work. However, the pandemic has demonstrated how vulnerable charities are to crises if their reserves levels are too low. As we move into the next stage of the crisis, trustees will need to make tough decisions about whether to spend, protect or build up their charity's reserves. This seminar-run in partnership with the Clothworker's Company-explores what trustees are and should be doing to ensure their charity's reserves are being well managed. Join us on 4 November 2020 for this free online event.

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Dear James,

We want to know what you think about NPC

We are currently conducting our annual survey, to learn more about what we are doing well and where we can improve. This is your chance to tell us what you think about all things NPC.

As a friend of NPC, we value your thoughts on our work. We want your opinions on what you''ve seen from us recently. This short survey helps us understand our role in the sector and shapes how we move forward. It helps us identify areas we should focus on more and what we can do to improve.

Please give us five minutes of your time and complete this short survey, we want any positive or negative feedback you would like to share. Your response will be completely anonymous. Thank you in advance for your views.

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Hello James,

As the country continues the coronavirus lockdown, and the sector''s ability to offer help on so many issues comes under increasing strain, we at NPC are working hard to do whatever we can to support charities and funders. I am writing to update you on our latest thinking and to share with you some of the highlights of our recent work. We are not a front-line organisation but our guidance, research, virtual events and data analysis can play an important part in helping us all through the crisis and to rebuild afterwards.

Accessible Covid-19 data

Firstly, we have welcomed the announcement of the government package to support the charity sector, and I am involved in a group convened by the government to look further into the issue of charity funding in these challenging times. But inevitably this package will not be enough. We have adapted some of our existing knowledge from our Where are England''s Charities? report to see how the current scope of funding across England meets the challenges of Covid-19, and what more funders can do to help. Our accessible data resource for funders and charities shows where the deprivation, reduced numbers of charities and opportunities for funder collaboration are. For more on this resource, and the other papers mentioned in this newsletter, scroll down to the end of this email.

Advice for the sector

Our collaborative guide for philanthropists continues to provide advice on how and where to fund. And we are now running weekly, drop in Zoom meetings on Friday afternoons for funders-which have been well attended. If you''re a funder and you have questions about responding to the current crisis, join our Director of Innovation and Development, Tris Lumley, at one of these sessions. To find out more about the first session, take a look at this short write up by our new Head of Fundraising, Hannah Kowszun, on Twitter and you can register your interest for the next session by emailing events@thinkNPC.org.

Plus, we have published new research on the way that cause-related funder networks can collaborate to help improve the impact of philanthropic giving. And we have been setting out our views on how trustees can act during this period and the crucial lens that systems change can bring to the issues we now have to address. Our case studies on how different areas of the sector are confronting Covid-19 are very useful resources and we are looking forward to the full release of our State of the Sector 2020 research next month. It is critical that all those fulfilling roles in the sector, can get the advice they need.

Thank you

Finally, I am extremely grateful to all those who fund us in any way, for your support in allowing us to continue to do this valuable work. Like so many organisations, we have had to take the difficult decision to put some staff on furlough, to try to secure our sustainability through and on the other side of this crisis. I am grateful to all of our team for all their work and dedication, and we will continue to serve the sector throughout this crisis.

Stay safe and stay at home,

Dan Corry
Chief Executive

Covid-19 data for charities and funders

Our data resource plots the scope of charities across England, alongside Covid-19 risk factors such as high levels of regional deprivation. This analysis allows us to see which regions are highly susceptible to this crisis and what funders can do to help. We are calling on charities and funders to open up their data, so funding can be targeted across the nation.

How philanthropists should respond to coronavirus

Our updated guidance details how specific areas in the sector will be affected by Covid-19 and what philanthropists can do to help. This guide provides advice on how to help prevent a funding chasm, what kinds of charities need what funding, and what role the sector can even play in finding a vaccine. Share your ideas at info@thinkNPC.org.

Collaborating for a cause

In this new report, we've been researching the potential for cause-related networks to grow the value and impact of philanthropy. With needs growing and resources shrinking, maximising the impact of philanthropy is more important than ever. Cause-related networks offer unique opportunities to increase and improve philanthropic giving.

What should charity trustees be thinking about?

As we all adjust to a new reality, this new blog by NPC''s Charlotte Lamb, explores what trustees need to be thinking about to adjust. The effects of Covid-19 are likely to be long lasting, and so what do charity trustees need to be thinking about now, so that they are prepared for the challenges of the future?

Covid-19 means systems thinking is no longer optional

Now is the time to bring systems change out of the clouds and into the mainstream. This new blog, by NPC''s Seth Reynolds, emphasises how data modelling tools can help identify second and third consequences of the Covid-19 lockdown in advance, so that we can adapt and overcome.

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September 2020: NPC Ignites

We are in times of great change. The Covid-19 health crisis and the ever worsening economic and unemployment forecasts have forced that upon us. What''s more, we also have the uncertainty caused by some form of Brexit facing us in only a few months'' time. In such circumstances, it is fitting that this year our annual conference, NPC Ignites, will also be different from normal-it will be online, a mix of live and pre-recorded sessions, and it will be spread over 14 and 15 October.

This year''s annual conference is also different in content. This is because of the urgency of the challenges we now face, many of which are unlike those we have seen previously. This is a critical time for our sector, we must gather together to determine how to rebuild. We need to rethink the ways we work-in light of what we have learned during this crisis and in light of what we knew already but can no longer afford to ignore. Much of NPC Ignites will focus on this.

We have put the inequalities in our society, further exposed by Covid-19, right at the heart of our conference. We will have contributions from Kate Lee, CEO of Alzheimer's Society and Steve Douglas, CEO of St Mungo's. We will also debate issues like the role of philanthropy and where it should be heading, with a session including Sufina Ahmad, Director of the John Ellerman Foundation and Paul Vallely, author of Philanthropy: From Aristotle to Zuckerberg. And we look forward to discussing how digital is changing the landscape of our society and our sector, and how collaboration has to now become the norm and not the exception. Do take a look at the full NPC Ignites 2020 programme to find out about the numerous other sessions that will be taking place over the course of the two days. It is time to book yourselves on to what promises to be a very different but very needed NPC Ignites.

Finally, we are pleased to announce that NPC are working with Ipsos MORI, who have been commissioned by The National Lottery Community Fund to evaluate the Coronavirus Community Support Fund. We're delighted to have been asked to support the evaluation of this fund, which is one of the most important in the charity sector right now. We hope that what we learn will help shape future similar initiatives.

Stay safe,

Dan Corry
Chief Executive

NPC Ignites 2020 full programme

Taking place across 14 October and 15 October, NPC Ignites 2020 is tailored specifically to a sector that is as needed and as busy as it has ever been. We are hosting a more flexible and more ambitious conference. The conference will be online, with a mixture of live and pre-recorded sessions-don''t worry if you can''t make a live session, these will also be recorded for you to watch at a time that is convenient for you. We can't wait to welcome you, from all corners of the sector and the UK. Book your tickets now.

Our exciting line up of speakers will discuss and debate the change, innovation and collaboration that is now so desperately needed in the sector. To name a few, we are looking forward to welcoming, Baroness Diana Barran, Minister for Civil Society; Shaista Gohir, Chair, Muslim Women's Network UK; Chris Sherwood, CEO, RSPCA; Christina Marriott, Chief Executive, Royal Society for Public Health; Jabeer Butt, CEO, Race Equality Foundation; and Paul Vallely, author of Philanthropy: From Aristotle to Zuckerberg.

This year''s sessions will cover a wide array of issues. They will pick apart burning debates that we need to find solutions to, and provide practical advice for those seeking guidance in these uncertain times. These include panel discussions on the future of philanthropy and what social justice looks like in the UK. Our line up of breakout sessions will cover how charity leaders can navigate the Covid-19 recovery, how charities can better use the law to fight for a fairer society, collecting and using data, and building a theory of change in ten steps.

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Where now for the sector?

Covid-19 has held up a great big mirror to the massive social inequalities that beset our nation. At this year''s NPC Ignites, we will discuss how charities can help tackle them. Crises are difficult for everyone, but we owe it to all those who are suffering to learn as much as we can from what is currently taking place. We must now come together and decide where to go next as a sector, building upon the innovations that have been developed in this crisis and scrapping what no longer works. Read this new blog, by NPC''s Dan Corry, to find out more about where the sector goes next, how we will explore this theme at this year''s conference and how to book your tickets to join us.

How much government funding has the charity sector really received?

We recently analysed the government''s ?750m support package for charities. Now that the National Audit Office has released a Covid-19 cost tracker, our Tom Collinge has taken a look at how much government money for charities has actually been spent and what extra funding has likely gone to charities too. In total, the Covid-19 cost tracker suggests that charities could potentially receive up to ?2.9bn from the government. You can find this blog here.

Time to rethink and rebuild

We have launched a new initiative. It has become increasingly apparent that the current crisis is not just an ordinary storm to be weathered, Covid-19 is a systemic change that demands a systemic response. We need to plot a more resilient, more equitable, more progressive future for our sector. That''s why we have developed a new initiative: Rethink, Rebuild. We want to convene and collate diverse insights and expertise, to support the charity sector's resilience and adaptation. Read this blog, by NPC''s Seth Reynolds, to learn more about Rethink, Rebuild and how you can get involved. It will be a different kind of programme for NPC, it will be a narrative and an approach that will run through many aspects of our existing and upcoming work. We need to seize this system-shifting moment and challenge long-held inequalities.

Q&A with Cranstoun: A healthy lives charity

We have launched the fourth in a series of case study interviews which further explore the impact of the coronavirus crisis on individual charities. This is a new podcast Q&A with Cranstoun. They believe that everyone should have the opportunity to live healthy, safe and happy lives. They offer a wide range of services across England, including community-based substance misuse services, supported housing services, and domestic abuse services. We ask how they have adapted to Covid-19, how their funding has been affected and how they are feeling about the future. Listen to the podcast on our website or on Spotify.

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Unsettled status: A Transition Advice Fund webinar

As a result of the UK leaving the EU, European citizens and their families living in the UK have been required to apply for 'Settled Status' to secure their right to stay in the UK after Brexit. Despite the government's intention to create a simple and accessible online application system to help people secure their status, many people have required support to apply. Although around 3.8 million EU citizens have already applied, there are serious concerns that specific vulnerable groups might miss the deadline (which is scheduled for 30 June 2021). Join us at the first of our Transition Advice Fund learning webinars on the EU settlement scheme and its implications for vulnerable groups. This free webinar will take place on 28 September and we will discuss how the EU settlement scheme has been working so far, who has applied, and what the key challenges are.

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Funding beyond Covid-19: Which new practices should funders keep and which old ones should they go back to?

As the charity sector emerges from the initial Covid-19 crisis and starts to consider how to rethink and rebuild, it's time for funders to reflect on the changes they made to their grant-making and to decide which of them should remain permanent and which practices they must revert back to. Recently, many funders have shown a willingness to adapt in light of unprecedented circumstances, in this blog NPC''s Matthew Mannix explains why some practices, such as due diligence, need to be brought back now that the heat of the crisis is over.

Our new Associate Directors

We are delighted to announce that NPC's Rosie McLeod and James Noble are our new joint Associate Directors, Data and Learning. Click on the above links to find out more about them and to get in touch.

''We are really looking forward to continuing NPC''s great work in helping charities and funders to learn from the data they are collecting ... We want NPC to be at the forefront of improving the sector's approach to evidence.''-James Noble.

''We are delighted to be leading the Data and Learning team's work. Charities and funders face tough decisions about how to best respond to today's challenges, and NPC can help them use their resources to have the biggest impact they can.''-Rosie McLeod.

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August 2020: Redundancies, recession
and the recovery

The heat has been well and truly on. Not only stifling weather in many places, but also the incessant drumbeat of news about a recession. At the start of the month, alarming new figures were released which showed an almost 750,000 job fall in UK employment since March 2020. As our new Covid-19 charities redundancies monitor sadly shows, the charity sector is also shedding a great number of jobs itself. The worry is that the sector will now be weaker, and less able to help those suffering from the pandemic and the subsequent recession. Our new analysis of recent demand data from Turn2us identifies key trends about this crisis, including a large increase in the use of their benefit calculator during the crisis-showing how many more people are now in need of support.

But our sector can and will help. This week''s event with ERSA, on the charity sector and the forthcoming unemployment surge, will get the ball rolling in thinking about how charities might link up with new initiatives like the government''s Kickstart Scheme. Meanwhile in this blog, I argue that we need less of an attempt to resurrect the ill-fated Big Society initiative and more of a critical reflection on what has worked and what has not during this crisis, so that we can keep the best.

We now need to be on the front foot, not wallowing in despair. Our online annual conference in October, NPC Ignites, is all about that. We will explore how the sector can respond to issues caused by Covid-19, not only the social inequity that has been so clearly revealed, but also the need for us to work better with the public sector and with each other; the need for funders to modernise their methods; and the need for us all to embrace digital technology.

Stay safe,

Dan Corry
Chief Executive

Covid-19 charity redundancies monitor

The latest job figures show that employment in the UK fell by the largest amount in over a decade between April and June 2020. This new resource shows the scale of the crisis affecting the charity sector, helping funders to better target their giving and enabling policymakers to better understand where the sector is struggling. Our timeline and our graphs share the overall figures and illustrate when each redundancy was announced, including information about why. We also divide the charities into different causal areas and we will endeavour to regularly update this page with new redundancies when they are announced.

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What role for charities in 'Starmerism'?

In the run up to NPC Ignites, we are hosting events on the future of the sector, in particular what policy opportunities and challenges lie ahead for charities in the coming months. At the first of these events, we discussed how to get charities higher up the policy agenda with Danny Kruger MP, founder of the charity Only Connect and now MP for Devizes. For the second event in this series, NPC will be joined by Rachael Maskell MP, Shadow Minister for the Voluntary Sector and Charities. Often campaigning on similar issues, charities and the Labour Party can seem to have a friendly relationship. But while this apparent closeness can arouse suspicion on the right, recent years have revealed some fault lines. With a new leader in Keir Starmer, how will attitudes on either side change? What is his agenda? And what does it mean for charities and funders? Get your free ticket to join us on 25 August. At our annual conference, we will collate these expert discussions and debate, in detail, the ideas that came out of each of them. You can buy your ticket for NPC Ignites here.

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Our analysis of Covid-19 data from Turn2us

We are collating and analysing data that is relevant to the coronavirus outbreak, to help inform the response to this crisis from charities and funders. This new analysis is based on demand data from the charity Turn2us. Turn2us is a national charity which helps people in financial need gain access to welfare benefits, charitable grants and other financial help. Their benefit calculator allows people to quickly and easily check what benefits they are entitled to. Turn2us shared data with us about the recent use of this benefit calculator and our analysis identifies some key trends relating to this crisis, welfare and poverty in England. Find out which new groups of people are in need of support, including why there has recently been a 230% increase in the use of the benefit calculator by people with a mortgage. You can find all of our coronavirus data work, including our interactive data dashboard, on this homepage here. At our annual conference, we will discuss in further detail how charities can use data to inform their response to this crisis. You can buy your ticket for NPC Ignites here.

Read our analysis

Has Covid-19 really ended homelessness?

The government's ''Everyone In'' scheme, in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, is probably the single most significant homelessness policy shift in the UK for a number of years. Over 5,400 people, who had been sleeping unsheltered pre-lockdown, were provided with accommodation in a matter of days. Whilst this temporarily addressed rough sleeping, there remains issues that policymakers, charities and funders must face up to. In this blog, Margery Infield, Senior Consultant, emphasises how the ''Everyone In'' scheme does not solve the issue of ''hidden homelessness'' in the UK and that the oncoming recession may push more individuals closer to homelessness.

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What have we learnt from the Covid-19 volunteering boom?

The recent increase in volunteering has been very heart warming. In this blog, Dan Corry, Chief Executive, argues that in order to move forward, we need less of an attempt to resurrect the Big Society and more critical reflection on what has worked and what has not during this crisis. When the chips were down, it turned out that people did care about their neighbours, did do the shopping for the vulnerable and shielding, did pick up the prescription for the elderly in their area, and did look out for each other. In a crisis, we have seen people's better nature come to the fore but that does not mean people will do this in 'normal' times. This blog contains some key questions we must ask ourselves in order to keep the momentum going.

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Using a learning culture to build back better

In response to the Covid-19 crisis, we've all had to adapt our services and try new things. How can charities maintain this momentum and continue to develop beyond the crisis? This blog, by Olivia Eyimofe Race, Researcher, shares five tips on how charities can develop a learning culture within their organisation. Here''s how charities can #BuildBackBetter by reflecting and learning from the response period. Above all, while quick wins are useful for demonstrating value, creating a learning culture will benefit your organisation well beyond this crisis.

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November 2020: Helping you through this ongoing crisis

In this newsletter:
- Our Chief Executive''s speech to our annual conference
- Thoughts on how the sector can rethink and rebuild

- Our coronavirus resources for lockdown 2
- NPC is recruiting
- A new upcoming theory of change event

We are in a second lockdown in England and the going continues to be really tough, but we are halfway through it now and a vaccine seems a real possibility, so maybe an end to all of this is in sight. In the here and now though, I am hoping the government will follow through on some warm words recently uttered by the Prime Minister by delivering more support for the sector in the forthcoming Spending Review.

For those looking for some more immediate help, as we face this further two weeks of lockdown in England, we recently shared our top advice from the last lockdown. We hope that you find these resources useful once more. Until we are truly beyond the pandemic, and through the unemployment surge that we will no doubt see, I know that charities and funders will continue to seek to do whatever they can to meet the needs of so many of our citizens. For more on the potential role for the sector in tackling unemployment, take a look at this recent recording of our virtual roundtable on the charity sector and the forthcoming unemployment surge.

Our recently held online annual conference, NPC Ignites, looked at many ideas related to how we get through this ongoing crisis-from how funders and philanthropists can better support charities, to how charities can best adapt to digital delivery, and how to approach restructuring and mergers. Rightly, we looked ahead as well, to what we need to do as we emerge from the crisis (we hope) next year. We are still selling access to all the recordings from our annual conference for you to watch through. We hope that you can learn from them at a time that best suits you.

Finally, we recently launched our ''Rethink, Rebuild'' programme, which involves us helping the sector to learn from this period and face the future with confidence. We want to enable charities to have the capacity, and the thinking space, to do ever better work in the future. If this sounds like a project you would like to be involved in, we hope you will get in touch to work with us on this programme.

Stay safe,

Dan Corry
Chief Executive

Up for it, and up to it? The challenges for charities and funders in the Covid-19 world

How must the sector respond to the challenges that lie ahead? Our Chief Executive, Dan Corry, set out his thoughts in his speech to our annual conference. He asked, are we up for it, and up to it? Our society, our economy, and our nation are enduring the most profound crisis that most of us have ever seen. Navigating this uncertainty is proving challenging for our government and overwhelming for all of us. The new normal is really the perilous present. But the sector has responded and, even with more restrictions in place, it has continued to provide for those most in need of help. As the crisis continues, the biggest danger is that we simply go back to where we were before. We need to continue to do the best we can for our causes, with an eye on building back better. Read the full speech delivered by Dan here. The video of the speech, and the recordings of our whole two day conference, can be accessed by registering here. By purchasing access, you will be able to watch our Q&A with the Minister for Civil Society, Baroness Diana Barran, on the future of the social sector; our session on governance and decision-making through a crisis; the session featuring Sarah Gordon of the Impact Investing Institute, in conversation with Debra Schwartz of the MacArthur Foundation; our panel discussion on how charities can better use the law to fight for a fairer society; and our Question Time panel.

Thoughts on how the sector can rethink and rebuild

As Angela Kail, NPC''s Director of Consulting, said in her opening remarks to this year's annual conference, NPC Ignites always aims to help the sector keep pace with the latest developments and to anticipate new trends. This year specifically, we helped charities to make sense of changes caused by the pandemic and to think about what challenges they might face over the next few years. In this blog, we share thoughts from our guest speakers on how the sector needs to change. During the conference, they shared with us the injustices being faced in parts of our society, including by Black and minority ethnic people; how charities are struggling to tackle rising need; and the difficulties of adapting to our uncertain future. These thoughts are helping to shape our ''Rethink, Rebuild'' initiative. We are researching how to support the charity sector's adaptation and increase its resilience. Did you miss our annual conference? All of the proceedings were recorded and you can continue to purchase access to all of the sessions from us here.

Our coronavirus resources for the second lockdown

England is in a second national lockdown, swathes of Scotland face strict Covid-19 regulations, Wales has recently endured a national 'firebreak' lockdown, and Northern Ireland has imposed tighter restrictions on hospitality and educational settings. Back in March, we compiled tailored coronavirus advice for charities, funders and policymakers. This advice helped to guide organisations and individuals from the sector through the first phases of this crisis. We focussed on how charities could keep on serving those most in need and how philanthropists and government could best support the sector in its time of need. As we return to a situation which feels familiar to the hardship that we faced at the beginning of the year, this new blog by Alex Miller, NPC's Communications Executive, shares these resources with you again. In it, you will find strategy advice, how to do socially distanced service delivery, and our latest demand data for charities and funders.

NPC is recruiting

We are hiring a Senior Communications Executive to join our Think Tank and External Affairs Team. If you are interested in applying or if you know someone who would be a good fit, click here to find out more about this vacancy.

Theory of change in ten steps

A theory of change process encourages us to reflect on our aims and plans, to discuss them with others and to make them explicit. We see this process as the foundation of charity strategy, evaluation and communication. This seminar will run through how to develop a theory of change, based on our guidance Theory of change in ten steps. The session will be led by the author of this guidance, James Noble, Associate Director: Data and Learning at NPC. Join us on 1 December 2020, 3pm-4:30pm. This event is part of our 2020 Leading Impact series of seminars. We have a limited number of bursary places available for small charities, ethnic minority charities of all sizes and ethnic minority representatives from charities of all sizes. Bursary places are available on a first come, first served basis. To apply for our bursary places, please email events@thinkNPC.org.

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Charity Governance Awards 2021

Entries are now open to the Charity Governance Awards 2021, the awards that recognise and reward charities achieving great governance. Organised by The Clothworkers' Company, we are delighted to be partners once again, alongside Prospectus and Reach Volunteering. For more information and to enter, click here.

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July 2020: Announcing our annual conference

We have made it to mid-summer, and I know it has been extremely trying and testing for everyone at points. In these extraordinary times, sadly many charities are suffering badly and will unfortunately continue to suffer as the virus continues and as a recession unfolds, but many are also doing amazing work by adapting and collaborating well.

Recently, at our online summer reception, I reflected on the last year for NPC and how we have adapted through this period, and also on the challenges that lie ahead for our sector. Our online event earlier this week, with Danny Kruger MP, who has just completed an as yet unpublished review of the sector for the Prime Minister, was about facing up to those challenges. We asked ourselves how we can get charities up the policy agenda, to help us all ensure that we create a better future for our society-something we also addressed in our recent submission to the Kruger review.

That will be the theme for our annual conference, NPC Ignites, in October. We are going online, with the conference taking place over two days. Over the course of 14-15 October, you can come to a multitude of live and pre-recorded sessions. Speakers confirmed at this stage include Baroness Barran, Minister for Civil Society, Steve Douglas, the new Chief Executive of St Mungo''s, Sufina Ahmad of the John Ellerman Foundation, Greg Hurst from The Times, Julian McCrae of Engage Britain, Fran Perrin of the Indigo Trust and an NPC Trustee, and Delroy Corinaldi, a Trustee of the Terrence Higgins Trust and an NPC Trustee. Read this new blog to find out more about what we have in store for this year''s NPC Ignites.

Difficult though it may be, I hope that many of you manage some sort of break over August and come back refreshed for the challenges ahead.

Stay safe,

Dan Corry
Chief Executive

NPC Ignites 2020

Our annual conference is here. This crisis has brought to the fore new and existing issues, and it is vital that we come together to discuss the future of the charity sector.

NPC Ignites is going virtual, our 2020 annual conference will now be fully online. Taking place across 14 October and 15 October, this conference will be a mix of live and pre-recorded sessions. Tailored specifically to a sector that is as needed and as busy as it has ever been, this more flexible and more ambitious way of hosting a conference will gather charity leaders to discuss and debate the change, innovation and collaboration that is now so desperately needed.

We can't wait to welcome you, from all corners of the sector and the UK. This crisis means that we all need to talk about the future. We will discuss social and racial justice. As well as power dynamics in grant-making, digital innovation and charities and the climate crisis.

Click here to book your tickets now or to find out about sponsorship opportunities. Get all the latest updates and join the discussion on Twitter via @NPCthinks and #NPCIgnites.

For more on what to expect at our upcoming online annual conference, take a look at this new blog. In it, we set out why this year''s annual conference has to be and will be our most ambitious conference yet.

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NPC''s future of charity events

In the run up to NPC Ignites, we are hosting events on the future of the sector, in particular what policy opportunities and challenges lie ahead for charities in the coming months. We will be discussing the ever-changing policy agenda, and how charities can influence it, with curated panels of charity leaders and policymakers. Recently, we hosted the first of our future of charity events, discussing how to get charities higher up the policy agenda with Danny Kruger MP, founder of the charity Only Connect and now MP for Devizes, and Charlotte Pickles, former Expert Advisor to then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, and now Director of Reform. We discussed his as yet unpublished review of the sector for the Prime Minister and how charities should approach campaigning. To find out more about NPC''s ideas on how to maximise the role of charities in the Covid-19 recovery, you can read our submission to the Kruger review here. For further details of this event, read this blog on what was discussed or watch our full recording of the event. Keep your eye on our events page and our newsletters to be the first to find out about the next event in this series, or express your early interest via email here. At our annual conference, we will collate these expert discussions and debate, in detail, the ideas that came out of each of them. You can buy your ticket for NPC Ignites here.

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Tell us what you think about NPC

Our annual survey is now available. This is your chance to tell us what you think about all things NPC. This short survey helps us understand our role in the sector and shapes how we move forward. It helps us identify areas we should focus on and what we can do to improve. We want any positive or negative feedback you would like to share. The survey will take about five minutes and your response will be completely anonymous. Thank you in advance for your views.

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Our analysis of Covid-19 data from Buttle UK

We are collating and analysing data that is relevant to the coronavirus outbreak, to help inform the response to this crisis from charities and funders. This new analysis is based on demand data from Buttle UK, who give grants to support children and young people in crisis. We have identified some key trends relating to domestic abuse and education from analysing this 2019 and 2020 data, and it is an example of what we can learn from tools like our interactive Covid-19 data dashboard. Take a look at our interactive dashboard to do your own analysis. Plus, you can find all of our coronavirus data work on this homepage here.

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Q&A with Royal Association for Deaf people

How are charities adapting to Covid-19? We''ve been talking to a number of smaller charities and have launched a series of case studies in the form of Q&As, which further explore the impact of the coronavirus crisis from the perspective of individual charities. This is the third interview in the series and it is a video interview with Royal Association for Deaf people. We discussed the challenges that lockdown has posed for Deaf people, working around the clock on coronavirus sign language translations and the innovations they want to carry forward into the future. You can find our first interview with Rotherfield St Martin, a charity for elderly people which works to prevent isolation in their community, here. Our second interview with Homeless Link, the national membership charity for frontline homelessness services, is here.

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Why climate change is a risk to all our missions

As the country discusses how to #BuildBackBetter following the Covid-19 pandemic, addressing climate change is one of the key topics on the table. At a time of heightened demand, what does the climate crisis mean for charities? NPC recently convened an event on this topic and our discussions explored how climate change is a risk to the missions of all charities and funders. There is a need to bridge the gap between long-term challenges and short-term needs that have been made worse by Covid-19. In this blog, NPC''s Liz Gadd shares her key takeaways from the event.

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