Our Civil Society and Social Innovation Unit continued to make waves this week with its Modernising Gift Aid project. Both the Charity Technology Trust and Taylor Vinters wrote about it, which you can read
here and
here. Its launch also drew the attention of the Shadow Minister for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering, Nick Hurd MP, whose comments can be read
here along with more details about the project.
We will be hosting three major round tables with charity, technology and consultancy representatives over the next three months to stress-test the best approaches in this space. To enquire about joining our working group, or to learn more about the project, please contact project authors Asheem Singh (asheem.singh@respublica.org.uk) and Samuel Middleton (samuel.middleton@respublica.org.uk).
Phillip's thoughts on the damage the welfare state has caused received some coverage on Conservative Home last week, which you can find
here. He was also profiled in the Financial Times weekend magazine. He had earlier last month traveled up to his hometown of Liverpool and met local residents, sharing and debating his ideas with them, which you can read about in the article
here. On Wednesday night of last week Phillip was on a political panel on
Rory Bremner's show in Horsham.
Our homepage got a make-over this week as well, which you can see
here, it now features the latest posts from our blog ‘The Disraeli Room', one of which focused on the
Erotic Capital and was featured on the ‘Broke is Beautiful' blog, which you can read
here and was also discussed on Twitter
here. Look out for more developments and new blog posts next week.