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GuideStar Model Launched in the UK – Part 2 :: PNNOnline ::: "GuideStar Model Launched in the UK – Part 2
Posted by: laurakujawski on Friday, April 14, 2006
Topic Special Features


In part one of “GuideStar Model Launched in the UK” Buzz Schmidt revealed how the US GuideStar model is and isn’t impacting the development of GuideStar UK. Sources of funding need to be secured to ensure continued operations. Buzz discusses the similarities and differences in our counties’ voluntary sectors. And, finally he answers, “Where do you go from here>”


Can I ask you about GuideStar UK. It has just announced that it ‘has secured further investment, has completed a reorganization of its management, and is now focused on exploiting this new resource and achieving its full potential’. This sounds very upbeat, yet there have been many questions asked. The reorganization of management has meant losing several key staff. A further huge government grant would cause uproar in the voluntary sector. So how sustainable is GuideStar UK? "