In the 2010 General Election campaign in the UK the Conservative leader, David Cameron,
sought to distinguish his party from its Thatcherite predecessors by his espousal of the “Big …

Implicit in the idea of the" big society" is the view that communities will be the first port of call
in responding to social needs. There are concerns that this will be much easier in some …

Housing associations (HAs) could be regarded as the 'distant uncle'of the third sector in
England. Their experience of 40 years of capacity building, struggles around combining …

How dependent is the third sector on public funding? Evidence from the National Survey of
Third Sector Organisations Dr David C Page 1 Third Sector Research Centre Working …

Based on decades of research, this book explores global social change processes through
the concepts of social change organisations (SCOs) and social change makers (SCMs)–the …

This working paper summarises the findings of a research project into third sector
partnerships for public service delivery. Earlier findings from an evidence review were …

Academic and policy discussion of the third sector has increasingly come to recognise the
importance of locating and understanding the organised activity that is not captured by …

There is a perception among some policy makers and practitioners that the charitable sector
has become increasingly concentrated, with the larger charities capturing an increasing …

Investigating the particular challenges in managing voluntary youth organizations, we need
to first acknowledge the breadth and diversity of the third sector, which ranges from small …

Third sector organisations (TSOs) are facing multiple complex and challenging pressures
from the shifting economic and political environment, undoubtedly creating an uncertain …