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The Big Lottery Fund is encouraging people across the UK to share ideas about the future of all those organisations and services that improve people’s lives – called ‘doing good’. They have commissioned a report by Sonia Sodha to set out the issues raised by the current challenges that face charities, voluntary and community groups in particular. Now the Big Lottery Fund is working with the Bevan Foundation to find out what people in Wales think.
The aims of the project are:
Find out more by reading our short discussion paper in English or Cymraeg or watch the video
Funders: Big Lottery Fund (commission)
Start date: November 2016 End date: March 2017
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Please share your thoughts with us by answering 6 questions about what you think the future of ‘doing good’ might be. It covers:
The survey is here – responses close on 17th February.
We’ve held roundtable discussions to tease out the issues and challenges in North and South Wales. The findings from these sessions, as well as interviews and the survey, will form the basis of the final report.
Bevan Foundation Director Dr. Victoria Winckler gave the keynote speech to an audience of more than 50 Assembly Members, third sector organisations and Welsh Government officials, alongside Big Lottery Fund CEO Dawn Austwick, John Griffiths AM and an amazing performance by dance company UDoIt.
Lottery funded @DanceUDOIT doing a quick practise run before they wow everyone at our #FutureGood event with their moves. pic.twitter.com/Nk6spVXpRf
— BigLotteryFundWales (@BigLotteryWales) November 24, 2016
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