This document discusses transparency in the voluntary sector and proposes next steps. It addresses how transparency relates to an organization's impact, funding, operations, governance, services, research, and campaigning. While transparency is important, fully openness must be balanced with protecting privacy and operations. The document suggests voluntary sector organizations could further transparency by openly sharing more outcomes data, budgets, strategies and decisions to build greater public trust and accountability.
presentation from Trustee Conference, 7 November 2016
Dan Francis, NCVO
Emma Herbert, NCVO
Leona Roche, BWB
To find out more about our events, please visit: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events
Volunteering: why is measuring impact important now?Karl Wilding
Volunteering: why is measuring impact important now? Argues that our sector can improve, that the drivers of change for impact measurement include the new world of doing good, austerity economics; and finally some challenges and where next.
Presented at NCVO's Trustee Conference on Monday 11 November 2014.
The presentation was by Emma Herberts, NCVO. These slides will make sure your organisation thrives, has a clear direction and successfully meets your mission.
To learn more about governance: http://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/governance
To find out about NCVO's Trustee Conference: http://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events/trustee-conference
Presented on Monday 2 November at NCVO/BWB Trustee Conference 2015.
Anne Moynihan, Senior Governance Consultant, NCVO; Lindsay Mitchell, Trustee & Chair of Governance Committee, NEBDN and Phil Hughes, Chief Executive, NEBDN
How to review and strengthen your governance
If you would like to find out more about our 2016 Trustee Conference email us at ncvoevents@ncvo.org.uk or call us on 020 750 3153.
presentation from Trustee Conference, 7 November 2016
Dan Francis, NCVO
Emma Herbert, NCVO
Leona Roche, BWB
To find out more about our events, please visit: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events
Volunteering: why is measuring impact important now?Karl Wilding
Volunteering: why is measuring impact important now? Argues that our sector can improve, that the drivers of change for impact measurement include the new world of doing good, austerity economics; and finally some challenges and where next.
Presented at NCVO's Trustee Conference on Monday 11 November 2014.
The presentation was by Emma Herberts, NCVO. These slides will make sure your organisation thrives, has a clear direction and successfully meets your mission.
To learn more about governance: http://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/governance
To find out about NCVO's Trustee Conference: http://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events/trustee-conference
Presented on Monday 2 November at NCVO/BWB Trustee Conference 2015.
Anne Moynihan, Senior Governance Consultant, NCVO; Lindsay Mitchell, Trustee & Chair of Governance Committee, NEBDN and Phil Hughes, Chief Executive, NEBDN
How to review and strengthen your governance
If you would like to find out more about our 2016 Trustee Conference email us at ncvoevents@ncvo.org.uk or call us on 020 750 3153.
NCVO trustee conference November 2016: Governance and leadership in the digit...Karl Wilding
Some thoughts on how charity trustees should respond to the the digital agenda: how the external environment is driving change in charities, how we need our organisations to respond, and how we as trustees and leaders need to model change and maybe behave differently.
Presentation from Trustee Conference, 7 November 2016
Ian Joseph
Professor Judith Ellis MBE
To find out more about our events, go to: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events
Presented on Tuesday 6 September at NCVO Campaigning Conference 2016.
Abigail Scott Paul, Deputy Director, Communications, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Lucy Bush, Associate Director, Britain Thinks
Aidan Warner, Senior External Relations Officer, NCVO (chair)
If you would like to find out more about our training and events, visit our website at https://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events.
Presentation from Colin Bray (Devon Libraries) was part of the Cultural Commissioning National Seminar in Doncaster on the 10th June 2014.
Find out more about Cultural Commissioning Programme. http://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/public-services/cultural-commissioning-programme
Presentation from Trustee Conference, 7 November 2016
Simon Steeden, BWB
Chris Walker, NCVO
To find out more about our training and events, go to: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events
Civil society strengths and weaknessesKarl Wilding
Uses the Johns Hopkins CCS framework by Lester Salamon et al. But starts with a model of the sector that argues the boundaries with other sectors have blurred - so the following strengths and weaknesses aren't unique, they are relative. So our sector is different, not unique.
Why the voluntary sector still mattersKarl Wilding
Why the voluntary sector still matters - the Johns Hopkins 5 strengths framework. This is a really good way of thinking about how charities contribute to the economy and society. From 2019.
Stronger charities for a stronger SuffolkKarl Wilding
How charities and volunteer involving organisations should respond to the House of Lords report on charities, from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
Presentation to Future Focus Leicester VCS Conference 2014, on the future of the voluntary sector in the UK. Discussed issues including sustainability, campaigning, public services and the relevance of the sector to the millennial generation (though one might add generation Z too)
Here comes the flood? The changing landscape for charities and voluntary actionKarl Wilding
How is the landscape for the charities, the voluntary sector and volunteering changing? Using evidence from NCVO's Almanac work programme I've identified trends, then used a PEST analysis to think about what will drive change. It concludes with thoughts about the future of the voluntary sector, with a call for optimism!
I'd be grateful if you could cite NCVO as the source when you reuse the slides please.
Why voluntary organisations need to demonstrate their impactKarl Wilding
Why voluntary organisations need to demonstrate their impact - a few thoughts on why impact matters more than ever with some exampels of charities that I think are good.
NCVO trustee conference November 2016: Governance and leadership in the digit...Karl Wilding
Some thoughts on how charity trustees should respond to the the digital agenda: how the external environment is driving change in charities, how we need our organisations to respond, and how we as trustees and leaders need to model change and maybe behave differently.
Presentation from Trustee Conference, 7 November 2016
Ian Joseph
Professor Judith Ellis MBE
To find out more about our events, go to: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events
Presented on Tuesday 6 September at NCVO Campaigning Conference 2016.
Abigail Scott Paul, Deputy Director, Communications, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Lucy Bush, Associate Director, Britain Thinks
Aidan Warner, Senior External Relations Officer, NCVO (chair)
If you would like to find out more about our training and events, visit our website at https://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events.
Presentation from Colin Bray (Devon Libraries) was part of the Cultural Commissioning National Seminar in Doncaster on the 10th June 2014.
Find out more about Cultural Commissioning Programme. http://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/public-services/cultural-commissioning-programme
Presentation from Trustee Conference, 7 November 2016
Simon Steeden, BWB
Chris Walker, NCVO
To find out more about our training and events, go to: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events
Civil society strengths and weaknessesKarl Wilding
Uses the Johns Hopkins CCS framework by Lester Salamon et al. But starts with a model of the sector that argues the boundaries with other sectors have blurred - so the following strengths and weaknesses aren't unique, they are relative. So our sector is different, not unique.
Why the voluntary sector still mattersKarl Wilding
Why the voluntary sector still matters - the Johns Hopkins 5 strengths framework. This is a really good way of thinking about how charities contribute to the economy and society. From 2019.
Stronger charities for a stronger SuffolkKarl Wilding
How charities and volunteer involving organisations should respond to the House of Lords report on charities, from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
Presentation to Future Focus Leicester VCS Conference 2014, on the future of the voluntary sector in the UK. Discussed issues including sustainability, campaigning, public services and the relevance of the sector to the millennial generation (though one might add generation Z too)
Here comes the flood? The changing landscape for charities and voluntary actionKarl Wilding
How is the landscape for the charities, the voluntary sector and volunteering changing? Using evidence from NCVO's Almanac work programme I've identified trends, then used a PEST analysis to think about what will drive change. It concludes with thoughts about the future of the voluntary sector, with a call for optimism!
I'd be grateful if you could cite NCVO as the source when you reuse the slides please.
Why voluntary organisations need to demonstrate their impactKarl Wilding
Why voluntary organisations need to demonstrate their impact - a few thoughts on why impact matters more than ever with some exampels of charities that I think are good.
Presentation to the Institute of Fundraising East of England regional conference in October 2013. A brief review of stats is followed by some thoughts about what long-term environmental factors might drive giving.
Policy and legal framework for charitiesKarl Wilding
Presentation to the Association of Global Nonprofit Associations, this is the contribution to a discussion on the gloabl environment for civil society
AGNA is a group hosted by CIVICUS.
Understanding the Challenges of Street ChildrenSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
#donatefororphan, #donateforhomelesschildren, #childeducation, #ngochildeducation, #donateforeducation, #donationforchildeducation, #sponsorforpoorchild, #sponsororphanage #sponsororphanchild, #donation, #education, #charity, #educationforchild, #seruds, #kurnool, #joyhome
Canadian Immigration Tracker March 2024 - Key SlidesAndrew Griffith
Highlights
Permanent Residents decrease along with percentage of TR2PR decline to 52 percent of all Permanent Residents.
March asylum claim data not issued as of May 27 (unusually late). Irregular arrivals remain very small.
Study permit applications experiencing sharp decrease as a result of announced caps over 50 percent compared to February.
Citizenship numbers remain stable.
Slide 3 has the overall numbers and change.
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
A process server is a authorized person for delivering legal documents, such as summons, complaints, subpoenas, and other court papers, to peoples involved in legal proceedings.
The environment has changed: media and public demands re transparency have changed
Some of this is a political agenda
But some isn’t: for the millennial generation transparency is no longer a hygiene issue: it is now a values issue. In short, people think transparency is a good thing, it is the opposite of the closed institutions that we have too often learned are corrupt (think FIFA or Mid Staffs hospital).
So, if we’re at all concerned about a gap emerging between our values and those of our supporters – which I think would undermine trust – then I think we have to think more about transparency.
We’ve said that charities should be the gold standard when it comes to transparency. We should be better than other sectors that can compel people to engage with them (the state) or are much more likely to be one of many organisations in a market (where consumers or users can choose, not always the case in areas of market failure occupied by charities)
Some do not agree – and the strategy has been to focus the debate on financial reporting, to box in those who think transparency is a good thing.
I don’t think we’ve don’t enough therefore to explain our thinking – that transparency is about more than the end of year report, than about the availability of financial data, or indeed any data.
Its about a cultural change, an approach that would see us act much more like the open, networked organisationsthat I think are the future of our sector.
In saying this, I am drawing upon Beth Kanter’s work, that we should be ‘networked nonprofits’, and that transparency means we should be more like glasshouses (or greenhouses, if you prefer, in the UK).
As such, I would argue that Kanter is spot on by saying that transparency isnt just an inherent valuable; but that the values, culture and practices of transparency themselves generate value, over and above the costs incurred.
So, if we’re going to move forward the debate on what ‘gold standard’ transparency’ looks like then I think that we need to move the debate beyond the narrow confines of money and instead think about the broader way that organisations might function or work and think about what being an open, networked nonprofit might mean for them.
As a starter for 10, I think we need to debate what gold standard transparency might mean across these 7 domains.
And for the avoidance of doubt, lets be clear: gold standard is not a euphemism for more. I cant agree with those who seek to give transparency a bad name by simply dumping data or producing 200 page annual reports and accounts: obfuscation via increased disclosure is a classic strategy that ultimately has the opposite effect to what is needed.
Gold standard transparency is about better, not more; it is about data and narrative, about stories and explanations, so that data is not marooned and left to others to explain.
Gold standard transparency is about process and how we work, not just counting outputs (or even outcomes), so that our stakeholders can ‘puncture the membrane’, so that they can see inside – a real opportunity given our challenge of public understanding
Impact
What difference do you make? How do you measure this? What can and can’t you measure? What you don’t measure and why? How effective are you compared to other interventions?
Intended outcome: gold standard transparency creates an environment where it is safe to fail, or fail forward.
Money
Where does it come from and what do you spend it on?
Sorry, I know this is dull, but people want to know. We’re behind government on this.
And the likes of the NAO want to be able to ‘follow the money’. They’re firmly of the view that transparency reduces graft: sunlight is the best disinfectant
Wake up call: xBRL is coming. Then our financial data will be machine readable. So if we don’t sort the narrative out, someone else will do it for us. I think that this is incredibly important.
Charities have always been transparent. This is a newspaper article from, I think, the 1870s.
Better accounting: chicken and egg re reports
Transparency of operations: being able to see our internal organs…
What level of accounting/audit detail do you disclose?
Contracting
Investments
Recruitment, pay
Most of this stuff is poorly communicated
Deep breath for me here: you can go to the NCVO website and see how much I am paid, how that ratios with the rest of the staff, my annual increase, and how the trustees made the decision about my pay.
And if you think that this presentation is rubbish you can write to the board and tell them that I am not worth what they are paying. It may well be disregarded, but that’s not the point (although transparency demands a reply): transparency should mean that we can build a culture of compare and share.
Governance
Who are the trustees? How are they selected? When they meet and what they decide,
What protocols and policies are in place? Who makes decisions, how, how are they documented
Conflicts of interest issues
I’m a trustee of Creating the Future. Our board meetings are open, on the web. Anyone can take part via social media. People can see we are human beings, with struggles, home lives, that we don’t always have the answers. They can see that trying to do social change is messy. I think that builds trust. And we of course have times where a sensitive issue is discussed in private, but we’re open about that too.
Here’s the most important question: not what are the risks of doing this, but what’s the worst that could happen?
Services
What services do you run, where, who can access them, how effective are they; quality standards they operate to / work towards
Good story here from Martin Brookes, formerly of NPC, how publishing data on heart surgeons performance drives improvement. Opening up data can help – others might look at our data using techniques we hadnt thought of.
And again, a wake up call: we are due a discussion about how the Freedom of Information Act relates to charities. I for one don’t think its right to apply it to charities because of the bureacracy – but I think we need our own answer to why people are using FoI tools- we should reduce demand for them in the first place by being open and answering questions.
Research
What research do you conduct, what do you publish, what don’t you publish
Again, this is about building trust – we have to show the world that we have considered both sides of the argument
Campaigning
What do you campaign on, how is it decided, why do you choose certain methods, how effective are your campaigns
I would prefer us to be open about our campaigning than to be seen to be regulated
Fake Charities has gone; but the bloggersphere is alive and well
Many bloggers are complaining about the closed nature of charities…and the same bloggers are I think winning the argument about how all institutions need to be more transparent
And finally: the rise of the machines.
Our data is going to be more out there than ever before, in a machine readable format, that will enable more and more comparison
The rating agencies and transparency intermediaries will be looking more at charities, and not just at their financial data
We should turn this into a positive agenda and lead on the front font: by setting our own gold standard we can hopefully tell our own story about the change we bring, and in doing so make it easier for supporters to work with us to deliver that change