How community groups organised behind parties’ backs to redraw Britain’s electoral map. The conductor of National Health Singers, a Londoner named Rishi Dhir, was fuming as we spoke at the South West Surrey town of Farnham’s summer fayre two weeks ago. After performing just two songs, the 15-strong group of NHS workers, NHS supporters and …
In our series of interviews with key civil society figures, we ask them about the sector they know, how it has changed and how it will. Here we talk to Simon Duffy, founder and Director of the Centre for Welfare Reform. What’s your biggest hope for civil society in the next ten years? Civil society …
For most of the last decade, I’ve been a reporter, covering stories on how technology is reshaping public life, from debates about God to protests in the streets. One thing I’ve noticed is that Internet culture has an odd way of using a really important word: democracy. When a new app is said to be …
To launch the Inquiry into Civil Society, we interview some people about the sector that they know: how it has changed and how it will. First up is David Emerson, the former chief executive of the Association of Charitable Foundations. What’s your biggest hope for civil society in the next ten years? My hopes are …
