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Dan Corry

Dan Corry

Dan Corry is CEO of NPC, a think-tank and consultancy on third sector issues. He is a former Treasury and Downing Street economic adviser

Articles by Dan Corry

How philanthropy fills the gaps

By Dan Corry | 01 July 2024

Dan Corry says place-based philanthropy can greatly help in delivering spatial equality – and a L...

A strong civil society is vital for growth

By Dan Corry | 06 June 2023

Civil society is part of the answer to local economic growth – and it needs support to play this ...

Are we back to 1992?

By Dan Corry | 21 February 2023

The Prime Minister needs to get the Tory ship seaworthy for his election campaign, but is the 199...

Charities can't do everything

By Dan Corry | 17 January 2023

Responding to the scale of the crisis hitting Britain raises difficult issues for charities – and...

Towards balanced evaluation

By Dan Corry | 23 November 2022

When measuring impact, the key is not to throw away all the top-down techniques, but to bring the...

Policy trumps PR

By Dan Corry | 19 October 2022

Dan Corry says the Prime Minister has perhaps now learned that if a policy is fundamentally poor,...

Moving from campaigning to governing

By Dan Corry | 13 September 2022

Governing is an honour and a grind, and the next few months for new Prime Minister Liz Truss will...

Prescribing health

By Dan Corry | 08 August 2022

Dan Corry says if social prescribing is to take off and help transform the way we think about and...

Diversionary dodges

By Dan Corry | 05 July 2022

Dan Corry looks at whether trying to make people talk about the things you want really works, but...

Why do we bother with elections?

By Dan Corry | 27 April 2022

Forces beyond the control of the government of your country or local area will have a major role ...