Governments rarely have a long-term plan, which is why the voluntary sector needs a clear strategy

When it comes to education, health and housing, do we really want our fate decided by the market?

Politicians are championing citizen rights but their outstretched hands may not appear as heavily laden as they once did

The Localism Bill will introduce a mechanism for the privatisation of local public services under the guise of handing power to communities

Nat Wei’s response to the reaction to him reducing his volunteering belies his lack of appreciation of the community we already have

Platitudinous statements about people shaping their own lives thinly veil an ideological programme to remove the institutions that protect and ensure freedom

In an effort to determine why they say what they do

By filling the qualitative gaps left by the profit motive, volunteers are complicit in increasing returns for companies

Regarding the cover up of child abuse in the Catholic church

Perhaps the families of people who die unnaturally should focus a little more on grieving and less on blaming