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Charity 2025: Well, That Was a Sh*tshow
A sobering review of a year, and a suitably tawdry Christmas Party
 • Alex Evans
Why are Transphobes Targeting UK Non-profits?
A movement of anti-trans meanies are attacking queer kids in the charity sector. We have to resist their cruelty.
 • Alex Evans
The Crisis of Bureaucracy: Technology, Economy and the ‘Application’
The application crisis in non-profits mirrors a wider crisis of the social and political systems we have relied on for 200 years.
 • Alex Evans
The new non-profit precariat: what’s with all the freelancers?
How should we feel about the rise of charity freelancing? How should we approach 'labour' in the voluntary sector?
 • Alex Evans
Charity Shitshow updates, October 2025
A news roundup to warm your cockles or turn your stomach. Class! Data! Corporates! It's a complete binfire.
 • Alex Evans
The Mob, the Masses, and the Mums
Far-right mobs of angry white men are terrifying. But as Hannah Arendt shows us, the real problem is bigger and more powerful...
 • Alex Evans
Philanthropy Bro 'wisdom' and wealth
Should we really get 'comfortable' with being around wealth? Plus a general roundup of UK news. Prepare for a ranty one.
 • Alex Evans
Barely Civil Society
Barely Civil Society
Society. Politics. Charity. Reclaiming charities, nonprofits and philanthropy for real social change.
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