[fn]This is an extract from our forthcoming report „It‟s competition, but not as we know it‟; due out in early September 2010.[/fn]We are all used to the use of the term competition to describe the commercial or private sector. Competition means that companies go bust, jobs move overseas, people are made redundant and huge risks are taken – sometimes with huge rewards.

Not for profit think-tank nfpSynergy has teamed up with The ImpACT Coalition to produce a free, short, practical report and guide that will empower charities to formulate and communicate simple messages, including pithy pub facts, needed to dispel a range of debilitating misperceptions their stakeholders may have, both about themselves and the wider third sector.