Rights, support groups

Ten Tactics for Turning Information into Action is an independent film that explores how rights advocates use information and digital technology to create positive change. It documents inspiring info-activism stories and uses the lessons to create advice for others.

New Philanthropy Capital's latest report explores youth offending and highlights some of the innovative and promising ways that charities are helping young people to stay out of trouble. Aimed at charities and funders it highlights areas where investment could create the greatest impact.

An independent inquiry into sport and recreation facilities in the UK aims to come up with a range of recommendations to improve provision and access. Its definition of such facilities ranges from state-of-the-art lottery-funded facilities to canal towpaths and local bowls clubs.

The recent headlines around the National Bullying Helpline has led to the Helplines Association (http://www.helplines.org.uk) to call for tighter regulation, as reported by Civil Society Media, http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/6149/.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published reports on four projects focused on the low-pay/no-pay cycle, looking at the employers role and how parents could escape from recurrent poverty. Summarised in its Round-up 'Cycles of poverty, unemployment and low pay' http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/cycles-unemployment-low-pay.

The Baring Foundation has published 'Rights with meaning', a report on the work of its Strengthening the Voluntary Sector programme in 2008. It focuses on the independence of advice and advocacy charities.

A series of Volunteering and Mentoring Guides to support organisations working with offenders have been published by the Clinks charity.

Titles include 'Setting up a project', 'Managing volunteers', 'Demonstrating effectiveness' and 'Quality standards'. In pdf format, about 1MB each, from http://www.clinks.org/volunteeringguides.aspx.

The Office of the Third Sector has gathered examples of effective partnership working from the Supporting People Programme to see what worked best, what has been learned so far, and where the opportunities are now in supporting independent living for the most excluded.