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icarus-rising-uk-blog · 7 years

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Can charities run public services?

The news that the charity Lifeline, which received £60m in public money a year has collapsed raises the question whether charities can effectively run large scale projects previously run by the public sector. Lifeline is not the first charity to collapse under the weight of running complex multi-stranded projects. Two years ago Kids Company collapsed in similar circumstances. In both cases there have been concerns about weak financial controls. There has been a growing trend over the last two decades to use charities to deliver services, particularly in relation to young offenders, youth services, drug and alcohol interventions. This is not surprising as many charities have an enviable track record of success on turning round troubled lives. Often these charities are working at a local level, deeply embedded in the communities they serve with staff and volunteers with a deep understanding of the problems facing these communities. Ministers alight on their success and immediately want to replicate this on a national basis. Inevitably this means previously well run charities being required to scale up rapidly often without the requisite managerial skills to put in place the controls required to manage large injections of public cash. The result is that they collapse under the weight of expectation. The reason the work of these charities is successful in the first place is because their scale enables them to react with speed to rapidly changing circumstances on the ground. Expecting them to be able to replicate this success on a much larger scale and at pace is unrealistic. The policy of charities delivering public services is not in itself flawed. The problem is government ministers who want results quickly throwing large amount of public money at theE charities without sufficient due diligence as to whether the recipients can scale up so quickly. For many of the problems that affect communities small and local is best.

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takeoffphilippines · 6 years

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POP CULTURE HEROES TO COME OUT AND PLAY IN TOYCON 2018

Two Power Rangers, a Peter Pan Fire Lord, a lycan (ie. werewolf), and a legendary comic book creator are coming to TOYCON POPLIFE FanXperience 2018 on June 8-10, 2018 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.

The Philippine TOYCON, Asia’s longest-running culture convention for toys, collectibles, and various pop culture fandoms, announced the latest line up of guests for this year’s highly-anticipated event.

Leading the list is comic book industry Hall of Famer Neal Adams, whose reinvention of Batman’s look to the blue-and-gray color scheme highlights his work and influence during the 1960s and 1970s, aside from creating Batman villains Ra’s al Ghul and Man-Bat, and revitalized other titles such as Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and X-Men.

Filipino-American actor Dante Basco will get to meet his kababayan fans. He played Peter Pan’s sidekick Rufio in the 1991 movie Hook alongside Robin Williams, and is the voice actor for the fire-bender Zuko in Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, Jake Long in Disney’s American Dragon: Jake Long cartoon series, as well as various video game characters.

Two actors from the Power Rangers franchise will share the TOYCON 2018 stage. Jason David Frank played the Green Ranger and the White Ranger in the 1993-1996 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series and its other iterations over the years. Michael Copon’s breakout role was playing the Blue Ranger in last year’s Power Rangers: Time Force movie, but he was also known for his roles in the TV series One Tree Hill.

Another TOYCON 2018 guest is Kevin Grevioux, best known for his role as the lycan Raze who fought against vampires in the Underworld film series, which he also co-created and wrote the screenplay of the movie. He also appeared in films such as Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes remake, The Mask, and Steel. American actress, fashion model and beauty queen, Kelly Hu will join Toycon, he's popularly known to play as Sorceress Cassandra in The Scorpion King movie, then Kelly played a villain in X-men 2 movie as Lady Deathstrike, the mutant with adamantium finger claws. She did voice roles for characters in Phineas and Ferb, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Green Lantern:Emerald Knight. On TV she played as Pearl on CW series The Vampire Diaries and also in Arrow tv series as China White.

According to Cholo Mallillin, Event Marketing Head for TOYCON PH, this year’s event aims to give Filipino pop culture fans a playground experience with a community that shares their common interests.

“What we want to give TOYCON fans every year is a sense of belonging to various fan communities. We bring in guests and experiences that bring fans back to why they collect toys, cosplay, read comics, or rewatch their favorite TV series or movies in the first place,” Mallillin said.

Mallillin added that more guests and attractions will be announced in the coming days and even on the opening day itself.

Among the other attractions in TOYCON 2018 is “Sikat Ka Toy!”, the Philippine’s first ever toy design contest. Artists and toy aficionados can submit their designs by June 2 for a chance to receive more than Php 30,000 worth of prizes and the opportunity to have their winning toy design produced for limited sale. Toy designs for the Sikat Ka Toy! contest can be emailed to [email protected] by June 2, 2018, and contest mechanics are on toyconph.com.

Other attractions for this year include toy exclusives from the popular Funko toy line, as well as toy exhibits and launches from global designers, Anatoy from South Korea, Coarse from the USA, Deewy from China, Playhouse from Thailand, and Hidden Fortress Manila featuring the works of premier Pinoy toy designer Quiccs Maiquez. Highlights: The biggest gathering of Toys, comics and merch exhibitors in the country The biggest toy display by the Philippines Toy Group Association International celebrities and guest from PopLife FANX International toy designers from Philippines, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and USA Toy exhibit by XM Studios, Sideshow, Prime One and Hot Toys Visual art exhibit by Toym Imao Arts and Comics artist Alley Filipino Comics Legends Exhibit ABS CBN Display Cosplay K.O. Solar, Jack TV and MTV display Sinag Animation Presentation TMC mini cinema showing Tokyo Ghoul, Fist of Fury and The Wailing TRESE Toy Launch The Creator Stage featuring online creators and celebrity Gaming Stage Sound Arena Stage featuring: KISSBEE, HYOLYN and APL DE AP Warner Bros. presents Teen Titans and The Meg Action figure and toy customization contest Sikat Ka Toy! Philippine toy design competition Toycon Exclusive - TEQ63 Manila Killa by Quiccs Toycon Exclusive - Toycon Minifig by Pinoy LUG Pinoy Pop Culture Icon Award AND MANY MORE.......

TOYCON 2018 + POPLIFE FANX is sponsored by Maxi Collector, Legendary Beast Studio, XM, Filbars, Great Toys Online, and Gaming Library.

Supported by Kramer Toy Warden, Warner Bros, Tagalized Movie Channel, Sinag Animation Studios, Anotoys Collectibles, Hubbyte Toys and Collectibles, Dreamworks Dreamplay, City of Dreams Manila, Shopback, Halimaw Studios, Big Boys Toy Store, KidsCompany, Bandai, Gundam Build Divers, Devant, Tamashii Nations, Good Smile Company, Jinio, Comic Odyssey, DC Superheroes Cafe, Food Panda, Bruder, Xend and Oishi O Wow.

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