Sector Issues
Pulling a stroke?
26 May 2015Nick Garbutt Media, Sector Issues
Scope analyses the controversy surrounding the Stroke Association’s shocking claims about stroke rates amongst people of working age and asks if great advocacy can become bad science.
How American non profits are getting politicians to sit up and notice
13 May 2015Nick Garbutt Sector Issues, Politics
As cuts deepen should the sector lie down and take it, disappear into silos, with everyone fighting everyone else for scraps, or is there a better way?
Sector needs to act on mental health of staff
28 Apr 2015Guest Author Sector Issues, Mental Health
Professor Peter McBride chief executive of the Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health (Niamh) argues the Third Sector must act now to stave off a mental health crisis amongst employees following cuts.
BIG new youth fund has fresh focus
19 Mar 2015Ryan Miller Funding, Sector Issues
Collaboration with youth at every stage is a new requirement for any groups looking to access some of the Big Lottery's new £50m pot aimed at Empowering Young People.
A lost opportunity: how the public sector could grow the economy by promoting innovation
19 Mar 2015Nick Garbutt Sector Issues
The public sector currently spends £2.7 billion a year. Scope examines how this massive spending power could be used to grow the economy and produce better services
Sticking to the knitting: the real threat to charities
13 Mar 2015Nick Garbutt Sector Issues
Scope examines how government is undermining the independence of charities.
Is Lottery funding being undermined?
19 Feb 2015Nick Garbutt Sector Issues, Funding
Across the Irish Sea moves are afoot that could threaten the National Lottery and the charities in Northern Ireland that depend on its funding, Scope investigates
Charity Commission verdict on sector
5 Jan 2015Nick Garbutt Charity Regulation, Governance and Charity AdviceSector Issues
Charity Commission Chief Executive Frances McCandless talks to Scope about CEO pay, governance and registration.
Where the Big Lottery millions will go
25 Nov 2014Nick Garbutt FundraisingFunding, Sector Issues
Early next year the Big Lottery Fund will unveil its spending priorities for the next six years with more than £100 million at stake, Scope caught up with Northern Ireland director Joanne McDowell to read the runes.
Charities: how the public rate us
22 Oct 2014Nick Garbutt Sector Issues
People in Northern Ireland do not understand how charities are funded nor how they are run, according to a new survey carried out by MORI on behalf of NICVA in the wake of the chief executive pay controversy.