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The Directory of Social Change (DSC) exists to support charities in the work they do. A charity itself it provides training, books, funding sources, online resources, bespoke research, and it campaigns to make the UK a better environment for charities to thrive in. [1] Led by chief executive Debra Allcock Tyler, DSC’s activities bring it into contact with around 20,000 voluntary sector ...
Full members are CEOs (or equivalent) at charities and social enterprises. Associate membership is offered to anyone with an interest in sector leadership, including chairs and trustees (but excluding for-profit organisations), and aspiring CEOs join as senior leader members.
Blind in Business is a British charity that helps blind and partially sighted students into employment following graduation by providing a free training and employment service. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The charity offers technical help and training courses for schoolchildren with a visual impairment, while also supporting graduates and potential employers ...
The Thomson Foundation is a media development not-for-profit organisation based in London, United Kingdom but operating worldwide. It was founded in 1962 and was the first charitable foundation with the specific aim of training journalists in developing countries. [1]
The training includes: in-depth investigation of the Montessori philosophy and materials, exercises of practical life, education of the senses, literacy skills, mathematics, cultural subjects, art and craft, music and movement, drama, child development, observation and assessment, contemporary issues, childcare and health, safety, nutrition and special needs.
The King's Foundation (formerly the Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture until 2001, the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment until 2012, the Prince's Foundation for Building Community until 2018, and the Prince's Foundation until 2023) is an educational charity established in 1990 by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) to teach and demonstrate in practice those principles ...
Chance to Shine’s Board is made up of independent non-executive Trustee Directors and is chaired by Tim Score. Trustees include former England cricket captain and World Cup winner Eoin Morgan and former Liberal Democrat MP Danny Alexander. The charity must raise around £6 million each year to deliver its programmes.
It was formerly an executive agency but following the passing of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 [8] it was made independent of ministerial control, and answers directly to the Scottish Parliament. It is the equivalent of the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.