Little at Large: Here's a new way to cut the number of charities
Mathew Little
There are psychologists who reckon they can make two people fall in love simply by locking them in a room together.
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Opinion
Cater's Choice
Nick Cater
TV In our secular society, should the state subsidise any religion - Christianity, Hinduism, Islam - through charitable status?
Opinion: My compliments to the man above me
Nick Seddon
Columnists tend not to compliment each other, even if they occasionally complement each other, largely because this sort of thing in print runs the risk of sounding too self-satisfied.
Opinion: Do we need a Witchfinder-General?
John Knight
The Conservatives recently launched their green paper on voluntary action in the 21st century - something that has provoked much debate in Third Sector. There were, I believe, 20 suggested policies to encourage the voluntary sector to be "a force for social progress", but the one that particularly caught my attention was their intention to give the Compact teeth.
Editorial: The tax authorities should think again on this draconian legislation
Stephen Cook
In his 2006 Budget, the Chancellor introduced measures giving HM Revenue & Customs powers to reclaim tax relief from charities on any financial benefits they grant to people - or to anyone connected with such people - who donate large sums of money to them.
Little at Large - Good things are all fine, but who decides what they are?
Mathew Little
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator has delayed its rolling review of charities and public benefit because of "contentious issues".
Opinion: We've come a long way in ten years
John Knight
I'm not the tidiest of people, so my desk is often used by health and safety colleagues as an example of dangerous working practice.
Opinion: New name, but nothing changes?
Nick Seddon
Since the Charity Commission's landmark ruling in 2004 to allow local authorities to convert their cultural and leisure trusts into charities, people have been asking: "When is a charity not really a charity?"
In depth
Media Digest: 2 July
Third Sector's pick of the top news stories from today's papers and news feeds, from a campaign backing a university applicant to lobbyists targeting the European Court of Justice.
News analysis: What's the price of social enterprise?
The sale of part of the ECT Group raises fundamental issues for the rest of the sector. Helen Warrell reports.
My week: Alison Bielecka, leader of Volunteer Development Scotland's local partnership team
The leader of Volunteer Development Scotland's local partnership team battles the beeps.
They said it...
"For many, the Compact can be bureaucratic and hard work. For me, it means collaboration."
John Knight, assistant director, policy and campaigns, Leonard Cheshire Disability
