Friday Selection Box: 3rd February 2023

NCVO The Road Ahead 2023: the ongoing impact of cost of living

A great summary of the headwinds facing the charity sector and advice on how to weather them. 

The next few years risk giving us a very unlucky generation of workers

A thoughtful piece from Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies that leaves me wondering how I can/should respond.

Speaking out on the burden of reporting and what funders can do to lighten the load

Something that will strike a chord with so many of us!

11 superb speeches to inspire us to keep fighting for gender equality, even when we’re exhausted

A couple of years on but sadly still as relevant.

And though circumstances are tough and constantly striving for a better world can be exhausting, it’s crucial that women (and men, too) continue in the fight for gender equality.

Refugee Silver: Huguenots in Britain

This is one of those small exhibitions that gives you space both to really look at some beautiful objects and to ponder some big wider questions.  Well worth a visit if you are in Cambridge before the end of July whether or not silver is your thing.

Significant Objects Project

Looks like the project’s finished now but Dawn could still spend hours on this site! A fascinating exploration of the relationship between objects, narratives and value.

…a quasi-anthropological experiment whose hypothesis was: “Narrative transforms insignificant objects into significant ones.”