Scope Articles

Meet the new boss: Andrew McCracken from CFNI

Andrew McCracken, new CEO with the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland

24 Nov 2014

Scope talks with Andrew McCracken, recently appointed chief executive at funding organisers CFNI, about the importance of empowerment and economic trouble on the horizon.

Why is integrated education getting nowhere?

20 Nov 2014

The founders of Northern Ireland realised that having segregated education would make division worse. They wanted kids to be taught together. Almost 100 years later this prospect looks as distant as ever. Scope asks why.

Budget analysis: half baked and two speed

20 Nov 2014

A look at the consequences for the third sector, and beyond, stemming from Stormont's Draft Budget for 2015/16

Two brave women campaigners should learn from

14 Nov 2014

Doing good work is not always the same as doing work that has widespread popular support.

Suicide survivor’s moving story of hope

11 Nov 2014

Kevin Hines jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco – and lived.

Health boss goes to war over negative media coverage

10 Nov 2014

The tension between the media and health authorities has exploded into open warfare and the dispute goes to the heart of the function of the Press. Scope investigates.

Big Lottery makes major new appointments

6 Nov 2014

The Big Lottery Fund has appointed three new Northern Ireland committee members to make decisions on how National Lottery funding is invested.

News You Can Use: November

3 Nov 2014

Scope's picks of the month - we read the news so you don't have to.

Why we are bringing Scope back to life

Scope magazine's final printed copy, March 2008

27 Oct 2014

NICVA Chief Executive Seamus McAleavey looks back at the last print edition of Scope and explains why it is being re-launched today.

Les Allamby: why human rights matter

Northern Ireland’s latest Human Rights Commissioner

27 Oct 2014

Les Allamby had been in post a few days when David Cameron set his party on a course that could plunge Northern Ireland into a constitutional crisis with Allamby's office at its centre.

Charities: how the public rate us

MORI Poll:Trust and confidence in Northern Irleland's charties

22 Oct 2014

People in Northern Ireland do not understand how charities are funded nor how they are run, according to a new survey carried out by MORI on behalf of NICVA in the wake of the chief executive pay controversy.

Food banks: A good or bad sign of the times?

22 Oct 2014

The biggest growth area for the charitable sector over the past few years has been that of food banks. Bob Stronge chief executive of Advice NI says there will be many more once Welfare “Reform” kicks in.

Funding the Arts in the "real world"

21 Oct 2014

Ali FitzGibbon, director at Young at Art re-frames the debate about arts funding.

Charity CEOs' pay: what did we learn?

21 Oct 2014

The media storm that erupted earlier this year around the issue of the pay packages of chief executive salaries may have subsided for now, but the issue has not gone away.

Scope: reborn, refreshed and renewed

Scope Reborn Illustration by Patrick Sanders

21 Oct 2014

The true purpose of the media is to inform and to interpret, to help us better understand our society and the opportunities and challenges that we face.Sadly that brief is no longer adequately met.

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Meet the new boss: Andrew McCracken from CFNI

Why is integrated education getting nowhere?

Budget analysis: half baked and two speed

Two brave women campaigners should learn from

Suicide survivor’s moving story of hope

Health boss goes to war over negative media coverage

Big Lottery makes major new appointments

News You Can Use: November

Why we are bringing Scope back to life

Les Allamby: why human rights matter

Charities: how the public rate us

Food banks: A good or bad sign of the times?

Funding the Arts in the "real world"

Charity CEOs' pay: what did we learn?

Scope: reborn, refreshed and renewed