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Alex Hayes

@alexhayes1.bsky.social
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Director at NPC. Interested in all things philanthropy, impact sector, impact investing, grant-making and funding. Spent many years as a funder around health and loneliness. Spurs fan.

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Alex Hayes @alexhayes1.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Today we released our new report - Impact UK - where we mapped & measured the UK impact economy. And it is a massive & hugely important part of our national story. The impact economy contributes £428 billion to the UK economy which makes it 15% of UK GDP. www.thinknpc.org/resource-hub...
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Impact UK: The size and story of our impact economy - NPC
Impact UK shares the story of a national, cross‑sector movement united to create positive impact.
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Nick Temple @nicktemple.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Imagine if the charity sector, with market size about 60 times that of fishing, got anything like the proportionate coverage or interest from media & think tanks & politicians alike. Though equally, as someone pointed out on here this am, the tattoing industry isn't far off the same size as fishing
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NPC @thinknpc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
On 5 June, NPC's @alexhayes1.bsky.social will speaking at the @londonfunders.bsky.social Festival of Learning 2025. The session will focus on how can funders create more trusting and equitable practices while still gathering meaningful evidence and insights? festivaloflearning.londonfunders.org.uk
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Alex Hayes @alexhayes1.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Do have a look at these two great roles available with us @thinknpc.bsky.social
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Alex Hayes @alexhayes1.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
We are seeing an increasing numbers of funders come to us to ask about spending down their endowment. Here are some ways you could approach this.
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NPC @thinknpc.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
New Blog by @alexhayes1.bsky.social - Funding and Philanthropy in 2025: 5 trends to watch - Increased use of AI - The growth of impact investing - Responding to government policy - A potential gentle re-opening - The continuing rise of funder collaboration www.thinknpc.org/blog/funding...
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Funding and Philanthropy in 2025: 5 trends to watch
Increased use of AI, the growth of impact investing, responding to government policy, a potential gentle re-opening, and the continuing rise of funder collaboration.
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NPC @thinknpc.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
💥 What to be our new Head of Income Generation? We are seeking a commercial thinker to join the team and manage NPC's strategy, development and delivery of new income. Deadline 7 Feb. Join a briefing call at 1pm today to get a better sense of the role and working at NPC: buff.ly/2Wu7pz5
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Alex Hayes @alexhayes1.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Great opportunity to come and join @thinknpc.bsky.social. It is a great place to work and this is a vital role for us.
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James Somerville @jamessomervlle.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
This is key - charities deliver essential services on behalf of govt, but aren't being paid what it costs them to do it. This is an unsustainable way to commission services, and needs an urgent rethink. If not, services will fold. Uprating contracts to cover the NICs rise would be a sensible start.
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Alex Hayes @alexhayes1.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The line that 'its business model was no longer viable' is a very scary one for lots of charities and infrastructure organisations
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NPC @thinknpc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Labour’s Civil Society Covenant Must Learn from the Failures of the Big Society. NPC's James Somerville advises the Government on the necessary steps to work effectively with the charity sector. Read this blog for Progressive Britain: buff.ly/3VoeaNR.
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Labour's Civil Society Covenant Must Learn From the Failures of the Big Society - Progressive Britain
NPC's James Somerville advises the Government on the necessary steps to work effectively with the charity sector.
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Alex Hayes @alexhayes1.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Fascinating article in @philea.bsky.social "If your ambition as a foundation is to contribute to systemic change, you cannot constrain yourself to project funding, short-term funding and going solo... you must consider process funding, long-term funding and working in a collaborative way".
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