Blog Archive for 23 April 2012

Date with Democracy 03 May – Local Council Elections

Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 23 April 2012

IT is an old platitude that ‘we get the government we deserve!’ An engaged and informed electorate will likely choose a government with policies which benefit most people. Conversely, an apathetic and disengaged electorate is likely to get a government chosen by very few, with policies which appeal to a minority. With reports of an

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Which Way Welfare?

Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 23 April 2012

FACED with tough choices and the urgent need for action on Welfare Reform, what would you do? Caught between UK Welfare Reform explicitly driven by the imperative to save money on one hand, and the emerging impacts of the financial recession and low/slow growth which drive up demand on the other – what provisions will

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In Search of Sustainable Funding

Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 11 April 2012

AT the last of EVOC’s series of #TwilightTalks, where the city’s Third Sector met Councillors and prospective Councillors, representatives of the SNP committed themselves to working with the Third Sector to find more sustainable ways of funding the vital services the Sector delivers.   On behalf of Edinburgh’s Third Sector Interface, EVOC hosted a series

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International passion

Written by Ella Simpson on 5 April 2012

Last week I met with a group of people from Norway.  They work for an organisation called Fruvillighetnorge which is much like EVOC in its function.  Our debate covered short term funding, creating sustainability, the social as well as service value of the sector, measuring our impact and outcomes and working with local and national

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