Friday Selection Box: 7th February 2025

DSC responds to the government’s Spending Review

DSC has already fed into a joint submission by the Civil Society Group, but we wanted to go further in some areas that we think are particularly important for the charity sector – such as the Charity Commission, Local Government, and the impact of increased Employer National Insurance Contributions (ENICs) which were announced in last year’s Budget.

The Treasury has opened a portal for submissions (scroll through the first couple of pages for the survey) but it closes at midnight on the 9th February – do feed in if you have time.

Telling the Story of How Open Access Benefits Society: A Vision for the Future

As an independent researcher developments in Open Access have been important to Dawn. This article highlights some of the complexities of understanding its benefits.

Our sector needs a new approach to visualizing, contextualizing, and exploring trends in how and why readers are using OA publications, and what those patterns mean to society.

Governance & Leadership presents Trustee Exchange 2025 (29th April 2025)

The annual Trustee Exchange is covering some very relevant topics this year. Bookings are open now.

Charity Finance banking survey 2025

Organised by Charity Finance, do add your views. The survey closes on 7th March 2025.

The Commercial Charity: How business thinking can help non-profits grow impact and income

As we all grapple with the shape of future business models this is worth a read.

First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years

Fascinating on all sorts of levels.