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Fail again. Fail better
Written by Julia Macintosh on 16 May 2013
“We are all failures – at least, the best of us are.” J.M.Barrie Having worked in the third sector for over a decade, I am well used to the imperative to stretch available resources, to make do with what is available. No third sector organisation I have worked with has ever had enough income, staff
Meet the Funders
Written by Julia Macintosh on 22 April 2013
Last Thursday I joined my colleagues Ian and Janette in holding a stall at Meet the Funders, an information marketplace hosted by the City of Edinburgh Council. Meet the Funders is the brainchild of Maureen Thompson in the council’s Community Planning Team. It takes place periodically in different parts of the city, and this time
Welfare Reform – Three Reasons Why (Not!)
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 9 April 2013
Let’s play a game today! The UK Government has three core aims behind its current Welfare Reform agenda: To make work pay; to target help at those most in need; and to deliver a system that is fair. The game is for you to come up with three cogent reasons why you think these
Foie Gras to Food Stamps – We Are what we Eat
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 28 March 2013
Food defines us in many and varied ways. Scotland’s relationship with fresh fruit and veg is a staple of stand-up comics on both sides of the border. Diet and exercise are the two key drivers behind what’s come to be known as ‘the Obesity epidemic.’ The Guardian newspaper’s Suzanne Moore describes food as ‘the ultimate
Turning away from The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 4 March 2013
A hard-hitting report published by a group of UK Churches takes several pernicious myths about poverty and welfare head on, calling for ‘a new story’ which is grounded in ‘truth, compassion and hope.’ The Baptist Union, the Church of Scotland, The Methodists and the United Reformed Church have come together to publish ‘The Lies We Tell
Women and children first
Written by Julia Macintosh on 13 December 2012
As the dust settles on the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement 2012, the Third Sector braces itself for further hardship: shrinking resources with which to meet increasing demand for its services. Further cuts to benefits are heralded as austerity measures when they are in fact poverty drivers, where women and their families will suffer the harshest consequences.
How will you spend these 16 days?
Written by Julia Macintosh on 26 November 2012
Dear Reader, are you a woman, or do you know any women? I suspect that you do. Mothers, sisters, daughters, wives, girlfriends, aunts, nieces, co-workers, friends and neighbours – girls and women are all over the place. Now ask yourself: have you or any of the women you know been on the receiving end of
Investment in Community Transport
Written by Ian Brooke on 26 November 2012
There was great news last Thursday for Edinburgh’s five community transport operators. It was formally announced that agreement has been reached to provide funding from the joint NHS/City of Edinburgh Council Health & Social Care Department Reshaping Care for Older People Change Fund for investment in five new accessible vehicles – one for each operator.
What is Social Value, and how do we create it?
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 19 November 2012
Social Value is all the rage these days. Public Value Theory has for several years now gained increasing prominence among policy makers as well as thinkers-and-doers with an interest in building good society. In March this year the UK Parliament passed the Public Services (Social Value) Act. It comes into force in January 2013. Edinburgh’s
You heard the story about the stories?
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 9 November 2012
It wuz the Stories wot won it! After a very expensive, and often pretty nasty, election campaign the U.S. decided to trust President Obama for four more years. At the end of the day, what was it that tipped the balance towards the incumbent? Was it Romney’s strange approach to taking the family pet on
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