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The 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.
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Alex Evans
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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.
Nov 14
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Alex Evans
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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?
Oct 17
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Alex Evans
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Austerity Again (Part One): Who are the workshy scroungers?
Mar 25
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UK Charity Crash: are there just too many non-profits?
Jul 18
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Alex Evans
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The new non-profit precariat: what’s with all the freelancers?
Oct 17
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Alex Evans
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Trusts and foundations week: Tariffs hit trusts. And is it the 'National Lottery Committee Fund'?
Apr 11
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Alex Evans
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Charities: Is it time to quit?
May 23
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Alex Evans
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Philanthropy Bro 'wisdom' and wealth
Sep 5
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Alex Evans
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Charity Shitshow updates, October 2025
A news roundup to warm your cockles or turn your stomach. Class! Data! Corporates! It's a complete binfire.
Oct 3
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Alex Evans
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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...
Sep 19
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Alex Evans
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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.
Sep 5
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Alex Evans
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Against ‘Impact’: how the language of 'care' is making a comeback.
'Impact' and 'outcomes' are giving way to a language of love, care, and hope. About time too.
Aug 22
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Alex Evans
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Beyond Charity. Part Two: beyond socialism?
What role could charity play in a world with greater economic equity?
Aug 8
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Alex Evans
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UK Charity Crash: are there just too many non-profits?
It's crunch time. Who deserves a parachute? Also: Why do we distrust charities? - A historical take. Plus, Superman, Foucault, vampires.
Jul 18
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Alex Evans
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Queering civil society: a London Pride special
What can we learn from an LGBT history of love, care, and activism?
Jul 4
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Alex Evans
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