Andy Benson

Andy Benson is Co-Convenor of the National Coalition for Independent Action, which aims to unite individuals and organisation who believe in genuinely independent voluntary and community action.

"Health as a social movement" - or just more jobs for the boys?

England's NHS boss has said he wants to turn the NHS into a 'social movement'. But you and I aren't invited.

By Andy Benson

/ 17 May 2016

Charities help out the NHS… or do they?

Labour's offer this week of 'NHS preferred provider' status to voluntary sector organisations raises some fundamental questions about their role in today's world.

By Andy Benson

/ 6 Mar 2015

Voluntary services have succumbed to the privatisers

The Coalition is turning voluntary services into a cheap adjunct to privatisation - and far too many of those in voluntary services have been complicit.

By Andy Benson

/ 5 Mar 2015

What are charities for?

Charities and voluntary sector organisations should protect the poor, sick and dispossessed by building alliances with those highlighting the damage caused by cuts and privatisation - not by queuing up for the spoils of these coalition policies.

By Andy Benson

/ 20 Dec 2013