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Author Archives: Judy Robinson
Who does the NHS belong to?
At Involve’s policy conference last month the boss of Public Health England, Duncan Selbie, raised some points that we have to get to grips with to create healthy lives. I was surprised about his trenchant comments about successive government’s re-structuring … Continue reading
Are senior charity leaders paid too much?
Judy Robinson joins the debate on charity senior executives’ pay: Are we asking the right questions? This conversation is more than an argument about money; it’s about what’s at the heart of charities – and society, too. Continue reading
Posted in Finance and governance, Opinion
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The health and wellbeing policy paradox
If public health plans talk about “the importance of social determinants of health” and reducing differences (in health outcomes) “as a matter of fairness and social justice”, then why do so many other government policies now seem to be working against this? Involve Yorkshire & Humber CEO, Judy Robinson, discusses the health and wellbeing policy paradox and asks, does any of this really matter to the community and voluntary sector? Continue reading
It’s never too soon
Judy Robinson, CEO at Involve Yorkshire & Humber, sets out her advice for a VCS “manifesto” to inform and influence leading up to the next general election. Continue reading
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Learning from the voluntary sector
If you saw the play “Pitmen Painters”, set in the north east of the 1930’s, you’ll know that it revolved round the seemingly unlikely juxtaposition of the pitmen doing an academic class about art appreciation. The results were revolutionary and … Continue reading
Posted in Learning & skills, Opinion, Social economy, Volunteering
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Back to the future: can charity plug welfare gaps?
In our latest Quarterly Confidence Survey we asked a new question about whether respondents had noticed any impact of welfare benefit changes. Although we had expected advice agencies to have noticed the impacts of welfare changes we were surprised by how many … Continue reading
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Time to speak out
Judy Robinson on why speaking out is in the air at the moment… Continue reading
Thinking aloud
Involve Yorkshire & Humber CEO Judy Robinson explains how the history of partnerships and management mechanisms that encouraged collaborative decision-making in the third sector are being eroded, and how Involve’s Quarterly Confidence Survey is beginning to show a worrying trend… Continue reading
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