Charities and social media
The Charity Commission has just issued new guidance in this area including a comprehensive list of things that trustees need to ensure are in place if their charity uses social media.
The future charity chair
The Centre for Charity Effectiveness has launched a research project looking at what attributes charity chairs will need in the future, and they are looking for contributors.
The Year in Quiet Quitting
More intergenerational thinking.
Why net zero?
A great set of lectures from Myles Allen at Gresham College.
Everyone has agreed that Net Zero is a good idea, without necessarily agreeing what it means, still less on how to get there. This series of lectures looks at the science behind it, how climate impacts are emerging, and when and how we need to act to turn things around.
Pervasive Media Studio and Jerwood Arts launch new guide to random selection
A fascinating guide to help think about processes of selection.
Since 2022, the Pervasive Media Studio have incorporated random elements into some of their selection processes for residencies and other opportunities, finding this leads to fairer and more varied results, and that it can greatly reduce the amount of unpaid labour that goes into application processes.
Hayward Gallery: Hiroshi Sugimoto
Something to look forward to in October.
Over the past 50 years, Sugimoto has created pictures which are meticulously crafted, deeply thought-provoking and quietly subversive.