Kevin has asked me to remind you that Greg Clark, the Conservative Shadow Minister for Charities, is a main speaker at Conference this year. One of the proposals in the Conservative Green Paper on Voluntary Action is that local groups should be empowered to purchase the services they want from the infrastructure organisation of their choice. Sounds very empowering but what are the snags? Be ready with your arguments on this to put to Greg Clark.




July 17, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Another key speaker at Conference is Peter Wanless, Chief Executive of the Big Lottery Fund. He has a Facebook site – revealing his close attachment to Dolly Parton. So, if you have a country music project in need of funds you must be in with a chance. By the way, Kevin Curley, NAVCA’s Chief Executive, is now Peter’s Facebook Friend.