Forthcoming research

NPC future publications, coming 2010

Numeracy
Numeracy has often been seen as the ‘poor relation’ of literacy—until recently, it has been given a much lower priority by government, schools and charities. This report will explore the state of numeracy in the UK, and why numeracy matters, discussing the role charities and private funders can play in tackling the problem of poor numeracy in children and adults.

The business of philanthropy
The philanthropy advice market in the UK is currently nascent and underdeveloped. We are currently working on a report which aims to provide an analysis of the state of the philanthropy advice market in the UK, and to suggest concrete proposals for developing this market. Tied in with this research, we are also setting up a steering group of interested organisations to take some of the suggested proposals from the report further.

The impact of community anchors
An exciting piece of new research sees New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), IVAR and nine community anchor organisations come together to explore a number of questions. In a dynamic and participative process, the team will tackle the challenge of how to assess the impact of multi-purpose community organisations. The work has been funded by IDe&A, The Education Trust and IVAR's Research Development Fund and runs from Autumn 2009 to Autumn 2010.
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