Charities do amazing work. They reduce poverty, they cure cancer, they save the environment, and a host of other amazing things. But is this both their greatest strength and greatest weakness?   The problem is not whether the quality of their work is good, but the quantity, the scale of it. In other words, no matter how good any individual charity they aren’t big enough to make a difference.  If you want any proof of the diminutive impact of charities, then the fact that we are only 20% of...

I put a post on LinkedIn in February asking who or what the organisations were that helped social entrepreneurs. I got a fantastic range of responses, so I thought I would collate them into a single post. Here they are.  I have put them roughly in the order they came through in the comments, though more regional ventures are at the end. Apologies if I have missed any organisations.   School for Social Entrepreneurs The School for Social Entrepreneurs is one of the powerhouses of support for...

Introduction This is a trustee recruitment information pack for the Calypso Browning Trust. We are a small grant-maker that gives away approximately £30k a year to animal welfare and homelessness causes. We have two trustees, Joe Saxton and Vicky Browning, who have both been trustees for a decent length of time, and it's time to plan for succession. This recruitment information is designed to attract a new influx of trustees and initiate the process of Vicky and Joe stepping down, in line...