Charity analysis

The little blue book: NPC’s guide to analysing charities, for charities and funders

John Copps & Belinda Vernon

February 2010, 58 pages

The little blue book is NPC's concise and practical guide to analysing charities, for charities and funders.

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‘I love the fact that NPC is such an advocate of the concept of effectiveness. Charitable effectiveness is about working hard, day in, day out, to deliver the very best services you can, to people that need them. But effort alone isn't enough either, and the thing that stands out for me in our relationship with NPC is the rigour of its approach. This has been inspiring and challenging and going through this process, in itself, has further improved our effectiveness.’

Judith Moran from the charity Quaker Social Action. The charity won a CAF Charity Award as a result of being able to show the effectiveness of its creative financial education project.

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