Adam O Boyle

We were discussing last week that there are various historical trends that you can pick up and follow in tracking why leaders move in and out of civil society. This week, we'll be looking at who civil society leaders are, where they come from and what will change about this in the future.

I often think it interesting that other professions and sectors (private sector, sport, politics etc) have role models that people aspire to be like. Every budding entrepreneur wants to be Richard Branson,...

Just a point of clarity - maybe it wasn't clearly phrased above, but I agree: I think the rediscovery of UK poverty was precisely something that brought people to the sector (eg, Shelter founded 1966) and away from the state.

A final example, though I'm sure there are many others: It is interesting that the history of Save shows it to have worked on UK child poverty issues since the very early 1920s, just after it was founded. Look at other international NGOs and you find them not working to ...