Over the summer and early autumn of 2012, Penny Waterhouse from NCIA gathered information about activism springing up locally and about the different models of radical support for this action. Read here. The results are encouraging: Active Dissent is alive and well, and sometimes works!
The Inquiry threw up a number of questions:
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NCIA is collecting evidence about the impact of commissioning on voluntary action, particularly at local level. Post your story below, then we can use it to stop the privatisation of public services and co-option of voluntary action.
To start us off, here’s Bob Baker’s story, Director of the Simon Community, who writes in a personal … Continue reading
Notes from our May 29th event with London Voluntary Service Council (LVSC) about commisioning, ‘is competition killing us?’ are available to download here.
NCIA has a continuing interest in commissioning and in the policy issues that lie behind it – the future of public services and the voluntary sector’s role in this future. We … Continue reading
Free NCIA event – book now!
Thursday 19 July 2012
10 am – 4 pm
Resource For London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA
Click here to download a flyer.
If you’re taking action on issues affecting local people in your area, want to share tactics with others or find out how to get help … Continue reading
Take part in an essential piece of research – NCIA wants to hear from you about where you get support in your campaigns – from fellow activists? From a local network? From on-line contacts?
Tell us what makes the difference, so we can spread the word to others looking for support. Email Penny: penny@independentaction.net
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So, what does the future hold for NCIA? We don’t have a crystal ball but we put our heads together at the planning group on 24 May 2012 to discuss what we can do in the next couple of years. Click here to read Penny’s background paper ‘NCIA: What next?‘.
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Read the latest NCIA newsletter for reports of dissent among large national charities. Plus the last chance to register for some lively events, analysis of latest policy wonkiness, and news of independent action in communities around the UK.… Continue reading
Help NatCAN and NCIA shape an event about community action this July. Do you have ideas about speakers, topics or even know of a venue in London we can use? Click here to read more and join the discussion (you need to register with NatCAN – just go to the NatCAN forum then click on … Continue reading
Read the latest newsletter for NCIA’s take on the news, research and campaigns about voluntary action – are people getting more of a taste for fighting back or do we still have our heads in the sand about top-down clobbering? Let us know if you have a story to tell…… Continue reading
The NCIA Planning Group met on 19 March 2012 at TUC Congress House.
Present: Colin Rochester (chair), Melaina Barnes, Nick Beddow, Andy Benson, Ruth Cohen, Bernard Davies (notes), Rachael McGill, Maxine Moar, Laird Ryan, Nazreen Subhan, Frances Sullivan, Joe Taylor
Apologies: Adrian Barritt, Penny Waterhouse, Jonathan Hyams, Matt Scott
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