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Third sector minister Angela Smith defends charity campaigning
The minister for the third sector has told PRWeek that charities should be 'celebrated not criticised' for their campaigning efforts, because campaigns could save and change lives.In an exclusive interview, Angela Smith asserted: 'Campaigning is central to the work of charities and helps create a strong and independent third sector.'
New Statesman - How to get ahead in activism
Thinking is a lot harder than it looks. Sometimes you can actually feel the new neural pathways being formed, and it's not pleasant; I imagine it's similar to what werewolves go through come a full moon.So there are several reasons to be sympathetic to the problem that any good grass-roots activist faces. For a start, critiquing and reinventing an entire political system is not easy, and we should give people a lot more credit for trying.
Charity staff 'prevented from standing for election'
Employers fear it will bring allegations of political bias, recruitment expert claims. Some charities are preventing their staff from standing for election because they fear it could lead to allegations of political bias, according to the founder of a specialist recruitment consultancy for campaigners.Third sector minister Angela Smith defends charity campaigning
Third sector minister Angela Smith rejects Conservative criticism of charity campaigns.
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