Sweet Charity: The Role and Workings of Voluntary Organizations / Edition 1

by Chris Hanvey, Terry Philpot

Overview

The world of UK charities has been transformed. Gone are the days when charities gained the majority of their money from rattled tins. Fundraising is a sophisticated art and charities often manage multi-million pound contracts to provide services. Those who manage such organizations are expected to adapt to an ever-changing world.
Sweet Charity is about this changing world; 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 firstly describes the size and scope of the voluntary sector, how it operates and the 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.
Sweet Charity will attract an extensive readership from trustees and managers of voluntary organizations to academics, students and commentators on the voluntary sector.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415138000
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/07/1996
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1410L (what's this?)

About the Author

Hanvey, Chris; Philpot, Terry

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

'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

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