Vision Changing Charity - Bruce, Ian

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Résumé :
List of Illustrations Foreword by Matt Stringer, RNIB Chief Executive Introduction Part I. Four Decades of Change 1a. 1970-80: How Blind People Took Back Control of RNIB 1b. Progress in the Face of a Dominant Welfare State 2a. 1980-90: Early Adoption of Strategic Planning 2b. Far-reaching Change 3a. 1990-2000: RNIB Can't Do It All 3b. Expansion and Extension 4a. 2000-10: Governance and Merger Revolution 4b. Services: Launches, Relaunches and Closures Part II. Forty-year Trends in the Charity in Socio-Political Context 5. External Impacts 1970 to 2010 6. Trends within RNIB 7. Strategic and Structural Change 8. Friends and Foes - Campaigning and Lobbying 9. Resources - People and Money 10. Milestones - but a Long Way to Go Postscript References Appendices List of Organisational Initials and Acronyms Organisation Chart 1990 RNIB Management Conference Attendance - 1985, 1991, 1997 and 2003 Index...

Biographie:
the change from welfare to rights...

Sommaire:
The late twentieth century saw charities grow from timid service deliverers into major providers with campaigning teeth. What caused this? How did they gain confidence and strength? In this fascinating history, examined through the eyes of RNIB from 1970 to 2010, Ian Bruce examines the internal drivers and the external socio-political environment that allowed and encouraged this explosion. Bruce's experience of leading a charity at the forefront of this change, and his participation in the wider charity sector for fiftyyears as both activist and academic, gives him an unsurpassed understanding of what happened and why. His first-hand knowledge will speak to charity workers as well as academics, covering themes such as the rise of beneficiary power against patronising providers...