Alex Hayes
@alexhayes1.bsky.social
Director at NPC. Interested in all things philanthropy, impact sector, impact investing, grant-making and funding. Spent many years as a funder around health and loneliness. Spurs fan.
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Imagine if the charity sector, with market size about 60 times that of fishing, got anything like the proportionate coverage or interest from media & think tanks & politicians alike.
Though equally, as someone pointed out on here this am, the tattoing industry isn't far off the same size as fishing
Though equally, as someone pointed out on here this am, the tattoing industry isn't far off the same size as fishing
May 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Imagine if the charity sector, with market size about 60 times that of fishing, got anything like the proportionate coverage or interest from media & think tanks & politicians alike.
Though equally, as someone pointed out on here this am, the tattoing industry isn't far off the same size as fishing
Though equally, as someone pointed out on here this am, the tattoing industry isn't far off the same size as fishing
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On 5 June, NPC's @alexhayes1.bsky.social will speaking at the @londonfunders.bsky.social Festival of Learning 2025. The session will focus on how can funders create more trusting and equitable practices while still gathering meaningful evidence and insights?
festivaloflearning.londonfunders.org.uk
festivaloflearning.londonfunders.org.uk
🚨The Festival of Learning 2025 programme is now live 🙌
Between 3–12 June, we’re bringing London Funders' members together to learn, be inspired and challenged by ideas from both within the funding community and by our friends and colleagues in other sectors
Between 3–12 June, we’re bringing London Funders' members together to learn, be inspired and challenged by ideas from both within the funding community and by our friends and colleagues in other sectors
May 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
On 5 June, NPC's @alexhayes1.bsky.social will speaking at the @londonfunders.bsky.social Festival of Learning 2025. The session will focus on how can funders create more trusting and equitable practices while still gathering meaningful evidence and insights?
festivaloflearning.londonfunders.org.uk
festivaloflearning.londonfunders.org.uk
Do have a look at these two great roles available with us @thinknpc.bsky.social
💥 We're hiring!
We are looking to fill two exciting new roles here at NPC. Including:
👉 Principal Consultant: Systems Change
👉 Principal Consultant – Effective Philanthropy
Would like to help individuals and organisations maximise their impact? Learn more:
www.thinknpc.org/about-npc/wo...
We are looking to fill two exciting new roles here at NPC. Including:
👉 Principal Consultant: Systems Change
👉 Principal Consultant – Effective Philanthropy
Would like to help individuals and organisations maximise their impact? Learn more:
www.thinknpc.org/about-npc/wo...
April 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Do have a look at these two great roles available with us @thinknpc.bsky.social
We are seeing an increasing numbers of funders come to us to ask about spending down their endowment. Here are some ways you could approach this.
📖 lunchtime read!
If you’re a trustee of grant-making organisation that’s been considering spend down as an option, how could you approach this decision and what are some of the factors you might want to consider? buff.ly/1BH9JXy.
If you’re a trustee of grant-making organisation that’s been considering spend down as an option, how could you approach this decision and what are some of the factors you might want to consider? buff.ly/1BH9JXy.
How to decide if spending down is right for your foundation
If you’re a trustee of grant-making organisation that’s been considering spend down as an option, how could you approach this decision and what are some of the factors you might want to consider?
buff.ly
March 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We are seeing an increasing numbers of funders come to us to ask about spending down their endowment. Here are some ways you could approach this.
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New Blog by @alexhayes1.bsky.social -
Funding and Philanthropy in 2025: 5 trends to watch
- Increased use of AI
- The growth of impact investing
- Responding to government policy
- A potential gentle re-opening
- The continuing rise of funder collaboration
www.thinknpc.org/blog/funding...
Funding and Philanthropy in 2025: 5 trends to watch
- Increased use of AI
- The growth of impact investing
- Responding to government policy
- A potential gentle re-opening
- The continuing rise of funder collaboration
www.thinknpc.org/blog/funding...
Funding and Philanthropy in 2025: 5 trends to watch
Increased use of AI, the growth of impact investing, responding to government policy, a potential gentle re-opening, and the continuing rise of funder collaboration.
www.thinknpc.org
February 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New Blog by @alexhayes1.bsky.social -
Funding and Philanthropy in 2025: 5 trends to watch
- Increased use of AI
- The growth of impact investing
- Responding to government policy
- A potential gentle re-opening
- The continuing rise of funder collaboration
www.thinknpc.org/blog/funding...
Funding and Philanthropy in 2025: 5 trends to watch
- Increased use of AI
- The growth of impact investing
- Responding to government policy
- A potential gentle re-opening
- The continuing rise of funder collaboration
www.thinknpc.org/blog/funding...
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💥 What to be our new Head of Income Generation?
We are seeking a commercial thinker to join the team and manage NPC's strategy, development and delivery of new income. Deadline 7 Feb.
Join a briefing call at 1pm today to get a better sense of the role and working at NPC:
https://buff.ly/2Wu7pz5
We are seeking a commercial thinker to join the team and manage NPC's strategy, development and delivery of new income. Deadline 7 Feb.
Join a briefing call at 1pm today to get a better sense of the role and working at NPC:
https://buff.ly/2Wu7pz5
February 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
💥 What to be our new Head of Income Generation?
We are seeking a commercial thinker to join the team and manage NPC's strategy, development and delivery of new income. Deadline 7 Feb.
Join a briefing call at 1pm today to get a better sense of the role and working at NPC:
https://buff.ly/2Wu7pz5
We are seeking a commercial thinker to join the team and manage NPC's strategy, development and delivery of new income. Deadline 7 Feb.
Join a briefing call at 1pm today to get a better sense of the role and working at NPC:
https://buff.ly/2Wu7pz5
Great opportunity to come and join @thinknpc.bsky.social. It is a great place to work and this is a vital role for us.
💥 Are you looking for an exciting new role?
We are seeking a commercial thinker to become our Head of Income Generation and manage NPC's strategy, development and delivery of new income. Deadline 7 February 2025. Come join the team!
https://buff.ly/2Wu7pz5
We are seeking a commercial thinker to become our Head of Income Generation and manage NPC's strategy, development and delivery of new income. Deadline 7 February 2025. Come join the team!
https://buff.ly/2Wu7pz5
January 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Great opportunity to come and join @thinknpc.bsky.social. It is a great place to work and this is a vital role for us.
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This is key - charities deliver essential services on behalf of govt, but aren't being paid what it costs them to do it. This is an unsustainable way to commission services, and needs an urgent rethink. If not, services will fold.
Uprating contracts to cover the NICs rise would be a sensible start.
Uprating contracts to cover the NICs rise would be a sensible start.
This story from @thirdsector.co.uk is very concerning.
We estimate that charities prop up state services by £2.4bn a year. This situation is not sustainable.
Local government needs to pay the full cost for services they commission, including NI increases:
www.thirdsector.co.uk/one-three-di...
We estimate that charities prop up state services by £2.4bn a year. This situation is not sustainable.
Local government needs to pay the full cost for services they commission, including NI increases:
www.thirdsector.co.uk/one-three-di...
One in three disability charities considering handing back local government contracts
Changes in the Budget are ‘set to push charities to the brink’, the chief of the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group warns
www.thirdsector.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 12:20 PM
This is key - charities deliver essential services on behalf of govt, but aren't being paid what it costs them to do it. This is an unsustainable way to commission services, and needs an urgent rethink. If not, services will fold.
Uprating contracts to cover the NICs rise would be a sensible start.
Uprating contracts to cover the NICs rise would be a sensible start.
The line that 'its business model was no longer viable' is a very scary one for lots of charities and infrastructure organisations
Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation has appointed administrators after concluding that its business model was no longer viable
Large local infrastructure organisation enters administration
www.civilsociety.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 3:17 PM
The line that 'its business model was no longer viable' is a very scary one for lots of charities and infrastructure organisations
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Labour’s Civil Society Covenant Must Learn from the Failures of the Big Society.
NPC's James Somerville advises the Government on the necessary steps to work effectively with the charity sector. Read this blog for Progressive Britain: https://buff.ly/3VoeaNR.
NPC's James Somerville advises the Government on the necessary steps to work effectively with the charity sector. Read this blog for Progressive Britain: https://buff.ly/3VoeaNR.
Labour's Civil Society Covenant Must Learn From the Failures of the Big Society - Progressive Britain
NPC's James Somerville advises the Government on the necessary steps to work effectively with the charity sector.
buff.ly
December 4, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Labour’s Civil Society Covenant Must Learn from the Failures of the Big Society.
NPC's James Somerville advises the Government on the necessary steps to work effectively with the charity sector. Read this blog for Progressive Britain: https://buff.ly/3VoeaNR.
NPC's James Somerville advises the Government on the necessary steps to work effectively with the charity sector. Read this blog for Progressive Britain: https://buff.ly/3VoeaNR.
Fascinating article in @philea.bsky.social
"If your ambition as a foundation is to contribute to systemic change, you cannot constrain yourself to project funding, short-term funding and going solo... you must consider process funding, long-term funding and working in a collaborative way".
"If your ambition as a foundation is to contribute to systemic change, you cannot constrain yourself to project funding, short-term funding and going solo... you must consider process funding, long-term funding and working in a collaborative way".
December 4, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Fascinating article in @philea.bsky.social
"If your ambition as a foundation is to contribute to systemic change, you cannot constrain yourself to project funding, short-term funding and going solo... you must consider process funding, long-term funding and working in a collaborative way".
"If your ambition as a foundation is to contribute to systemic change, you cannot constrain yourself to project funding, short-term funding and going solo... you must consider process funding, long-term funding and working in a collaborative way".