All charities should have impact audits

15th February 2016 Press

David Ainsworth says agreed impact standards are the best solution for evaluating charities. In the absence of standardise…

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Hind: ‘Large charities team might have spotted Kids Company’

10th February 2016 Press

The former chief executive of the Charity Commission suggested yesterday that the large charities team at the regulator might have spotted … read more

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If the government is truly committed to stopping another Kids Company, it must back this up with investment

3rd February 2016 Press

If the government is truly committed to stopping another Kids Company, it must back this up with investment…

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Charities are best placed to assess their own effectiveness

29th January 2016 Press

It is the charities themselves who can best assess how effective they are, not the government or anyone else…

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Charities need a better way to show evidence of impact to the public

29th January 2016 Press

The infrastructure for evidencing the effectiveness of social programmes is fundamentally flawed

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The Kids Company affair shows evidence still doesn’t drive funding decisions – but it should

25th November 2015 Press

We still have a long way to go in ensuring that good quality evidence is used to guide decision-making…

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