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Stephen Bubb

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Stephen Bubb is chief executive of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations

May 2016

  • Stephen Bubb byline pic for Response in June 2009

    Second thoughts
    double quotation markWhy I’m stepping down to support charity leadership

    Stephen Bubb
    The outgoing chief executive of Acevo, the charity leaders network, says the fundraising crisis and the Kids Company collapse, makes it the right time to head up the Charity Futures Programme

November 2013

  • London rally celebrates freedom of speech and opposes Gagging Law

    double quotation markCharities must continue to challenge the powers that be

    Stephen Bubb
  • Movember

    Living with cancer
    What better time than Movember to raise awareness of prostate cancer?

October 2013

  • George Osborne speech

    'George Osborne needs to understand that volunteering isn't free'

    The voluntary sector is a key part of tackling unemployment but charities need support

July 2013

  • Charities that help some of the most vulnerable are finding their income falling

    double quotation markThe voluntary sector is not a cut-price alternative to state provision

    Stephen Bubb
    Stephen Bubb: Charities are being squeezed at both ends and the government could be doing much more to support them

January 2013

  • David Cameron

    double quotation markThe 'big society' means little when charities are suffering

    Stephen Bubb
    Stephen Bubb: Grand ideas set out in the coalition's first flush of youth have been quietly dropped as charities have been cut, not cultivated

May 2012

  • A homeless man

    double quotation markRising inequality and the spectre of a forgotten Britain

    Stephen Bubb
    Stephen Bubb: Support for vulnerable people looks likely to be eroded over the next decade, without the nation appearing to care

July 2010

  • Stephen Bubb

    Coping with public service cuts
    Cameron's 'big society' idea might just work in public services

    Stephen Bubb

February 2010

  • double quotation markThe path to cheaper, better services

    Stephen Bubb
    Stephen Bubb: The non-profit sector has the potential to transform public services – so they achieve more and cost less