Karl Wilding and I have worked together on social media and the implications of the web for civic activity since 2007. He’s head of Policy and Research and NCVO (I’m on the advisory board of NCVO) and a very clever/prescient man.
Here he talks for Guardian Voluntary Sector Network about what open data means for charities – much of it is also useful/true for local government.
Counting the Cuts: The impact of spending cuts on the UK voluntary and community sector is a new report published today by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO).
Following a collaborative project to map stories of voluntary groups told their funding will be reduced – and analysing the government’s projected spending plans for the Spending Review period 2011–2015) – NCVO estimate “the voluntary and community sector is facing nearly £3billion in cuts over the next five years.”