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Zusatztext 'I would definitely recommend it to those working in the voluntary sector! and it provides essential information to anyone considering forming a voluntary organisation or charity' - Tony Russell! Director of Breakthrough! in Health Service Journal'Both the new trustee and the weary secretary would do well to make themselves familiar with the issues expertly analysed here.' - Mark Latimer! National Lottery Charities Board! in Trust & Foundation News Informationen zum Autor Hanvey, Chris; Philpot, Terry Klappentext "Sweet Charity" focuses on the changing world of charities; the skills needed to manage, fundraise, run a successful lobbying campaign or attract new work and the way in which UK charities will increasingly operate in a European environment. Broadly divided into three parts, this book describes the size and scope of the voluntary sector, how it operates and those ways in which changes to the welfare state have had a direct effect upon how charities operate. The second part breaks down the constituent parts of charities, looking in turn at the role of trustees, managers and fundraisers, financial staff and marketing experts. Lastly, the book deals with UK charities in a widening European context. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the ever-changing world of charities: the skills needed to manage, fundraise, run a successful lobbying campaign or attract new work and the way in which UK charities will increasingly operate in a European environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations, Notes on the contributors, Introduction, 1. To the millennium: the changing pattern of voluntary organisations, 2. Map of the new country: what is the voluntary sector?, 3. Swimming together: the tidal change for statutory agencies and the voluntary sector, 4. A mixed blessing? How the contract culture works, 5. From those who know: the role of service users, 6. Standing up to be counted: campaigning and voluntary agencies, 7. In trust: the changing role of trustees, 8 Giving in trust: the role of the grant-making trust, 9. A lawful endeavour: charities and the law, 10. Balancing the books: charitable finance, 11. At the top: the role of the chief executive, 12. Beyond the rattling tin: funding and fundraising, 13. Marketing force: meeting true need, 14. Light at the end of the tunnel? A European perspective, Name index, Subject index...
