Writing

Blogging

I’m mostly writing and sharing stuff via Twitter, plus not very successfully trying to write an occasional newsletter, Unrestricted. My old NCVO blog (which I think still has some useful analysis) is here.

Publications

Macmillan, Dowrick & Wilding (2022, forthcoming) Charity federations – time for a new chapter? Paper to be presented to the Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference, September 2022.

Kenley, O’Halloran & Wilding (2021) Mind the Giving Gap: Unleashing the potential of UK philanthropy. Law Family Commission on Civil Society

Wilding (2021) Technical report: Mind the Giving Gap – Philanthropy data and sources Law Family Commission on Civil Society

Kenley & Wilding (2021) Better data, bigger impact: A review of social sector data. Law Family Commission on Civil Society

Breeze, Halfpenny, & Wilding, K. (2015). Giving in the United Kingdom: Philanthropy embedded in a welfare state society. In The Palgrave handbook of global philanthropy (pp. 285-306). Palgrave Macmillan, London.

The Guardian (2015): Kids Company closure: lessons for trustees

The Guardian (2015) Osborne’s budget confirmed that this government is agnostic about charities

Wilding et al. (2014) The Road Ahead: A review of the voluntary sector’s operating environment

Murdock, Shariff, and Wilding (2013) “Knowledge exchange between academia and the third sector.” Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 9.3: 419-430

Clark, J., & Wilding, K. (2012). Trends in voluntary sector employment. In Voluntary Organisations and Public Service Delivery (pp. 49-65). Routledge.

Wilding et al. (2012). The UK Civil Society Almanac 2012London: NCVO (& previous editions)

Wilding et al. (2012). UK Giving 2011/12. London: CAF/NCVO (& previous editions)

Wilding & Harrow (2011). “Working with the voluntary sector: some reflections on management research in and for the VCS.” In Challenges and Controversies in Management Research. Routledge, 2011. 308-329.

Mohan Wilding, Kane, & Clark (2010). Trends in the north: What we have learned from the quantitative programme of the Third Sector Trends Study. Morpeth: Northern Rock Foundation.

Mohan, Kane, Wilding, Branson, & Owles (2010). Beyond” flat-earth” maps of the third sector: enhancing our understanding of the contribution of” below-radar” organisations. Morpeth: Northern Rock Foundation.

Wilding, K. (2010). “Voluntary organisations and the recession”, Voluntary Sector Review, 1(1), 97-101.

Wilding et al. (2009). The state and the voluntary sector: government funding and public service delivery by voluntary organisations. London: NCVO

Mohan and Wilding (2009). Economic downturns and the voluntary sector: what can we learn from historical evidence? www.historyandpolicy.org

Wilding & Griffith (2008) ICT Foresight: How ICT is shaping the future of public services. London: NCVO

Jochum, Pratten & Wilding (2007) Faith and Voluntary Action: an overview of current evidence London: NCVO

Jochum, Pratten & Wilding (2005). Civil renewal and active citizenship: a guide to the debate

Wilding & Mason (2004) Empowering East London. www.hcvs.org.uk

NCVO/Centre for Charity Effectiveness (2004) Tools for Tomorrow: A practical guide to strategic planning for voluntary organisations. London: NCVO (Project originator and manager role)

Wilding et al. (2003) FutureSkills 2003: a skills foresight for the voluntary sector paid workforcewww.ukworkforcehub.org.uk

Wilding (2004) Voluntary Sector Strategic Analysis 2003/04. London: NCVO

Alcock, Mason & Wilding (2003) Mapping the Contribution of the Voluntary and Community Sector to the Economy of the West Midlands. Birmingham: Regional Action West Midlands

Wilding & Passey (2000). The North West Voluntary Sector Almanac 2000. Wilding, K. & Purvis, M (1998). ‘Voluntary Action and Medical Charity in Late-Nineteenth Century Leeds.’ Proceedings, 4th NCVO Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference. 

Presentations

These are mostly quite old, but there’s some useful stuff here on various topics related to civil society.