Co-production in grant making
Learning from an interesting experiment in Middlesbrough
UK’s largest community funder to put community power at the heart of funding in England
The National Lottery Community Fund’s latest plans put community agency, power and control at the heart of its funding in England. This is the latest step in embedding the funder’s strategy to 2030, ‘It starts with community’.
Understanding trustee recruitment and retention challenges
NCVO trustee recruitment and retention survey launched as part of Trustees’ Week. The survey identifies trustee vacancies as a wide and persistent issue and suggests some steps boards can take:
- Improve governance practices
- Diversity recruitment
- Provide clear role descriptions
- Celebrate trustees
What Art Does
A forthcoming book release to look out for. Based on a collaboration between Brian Eno & Dutch artist Bette Adriaanse exploring the nature of creativity. Note the interesting release strategy.
Practice Research – Report 1: What is practice research? and Report 2: How can practice research be shared?
An area that is the subject of considerable debate at the moment. Well worth a read if this is an area of interest.