Elizabeth Chamberlain

I recently went to an event organised by the Charity Commission, where they presented the findings of a 2008
Study into Public Trust and Confidence in Charities conducted by Ipsos Mori on behalf of the Commission. This follows a first study conducted by the Charity Commission in 2005, in response to the then Draft Charities Bill.

The main objectives of the research were to investigate public trust, confidence and attitudes towards charities; and explore the key drivers for overall trust.

First ...

Although multiculturalism, integration, diversity and social capital have been the subjects of a longstanding debate, I found this seminar very topical, particularly in light of the article on ‘the terrible legacy of multiculturalism’ published just a few days before in the Guardian newspaper.
We all know how the current picture is vastly complicated – to the extent that there is no longer talk of diversity but of ‘superdiversity’ – and that it is time to rethink the nature of...

Some of you may be interested in a recent report written by the Norwegian Refugee Council on climate change ‘Future Floods of Refugees – A comment on climate change, conflict and forced migration’. More and more NGOs in the area of migration and refugee issues are strengthening their work on climate and environment, due to the negative consequences these have on displacement and societies in general.