ICOPA Conference: The Charity Sector in a Fast-changing World
On 9 March 2026, the International Centre of Public Accountability (ICOPA) at Durham University will be hosting the one-day conference 'The Charity Sector in a Fast-changing World'.
This one-day conference, organised by ICOPA (a research centre at Durham University), will explore a range of issues that increasingly impact on the sector, alongside evidence to evaluate and guide the introduction of new practices and processes. Presentations and roundtable discussions will involve sector regulators and specialists, thought leaders, key charity management and leading academics researching the area, including:
- Debra Allcock Tyler, CEO of the Directory of Social Change.
- Steve Beharall, CEO of Newcastle United Foundation.
- Caron Bradshaw OBE, currently the Growth and Sector Solutions Lead at the Charity Finance Group (CFG) (formally its CEO between 2010 and 2025).
- Daniel Chan MBE, Partner and Charities Leader, PwC UK; and the firm’s Charities Leader and Government and Health Industries Audit Leader.
- David Holdsworth, CEO of the Charity Commission (the regulator for English and Welsh charities).
- Professor Noel Hyndman, Emeritus Professor at Queen’s University (and Honorary Professor at Durham University); member of the Charity Commission’s Charity SORP Committee (which steers the formulation of accounting and reporting for the sector) since 2006.
- Amanda Lacey, CEO of Nepacs, a Northeast England prisoner-support charity.
- Professor John Mohan, Professor of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham and Chair of its Third Sector Research Centre.