Kevin Curley's thoughts on the party conferences

NAVCA Chief Executive Kevin Curley recently attended the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative Conferences, speaking at fringe events organised by the Charity Commission.

We have posted a vodcast of Kevin's thoughts about the conferences

 and the political challenges to local voluntary and community groups in the run up to a general election on YouTube.

You can read the text of the speech Kevin made at the Charity Commission fringe events: The recession and local charities (Word, 112 KB).

You can also read Kevin's ideas about how NAVCA and our members can influence the Conservative Party's views on local charities and voluntary groups: 

• Conservative Party commitment to local voluntary action (Word, 102 KB)
• Invest in charities to save: Local government funding for local voluntary organisations (Word, 102 KB).

19 October 2009