What is civil society actually for, and who is it really serving? “Barely Civil” Alex Evans, writer of the Substack Barely Civil Society and self-described “recovering chief exec,” joins Devi Clark, MD of Impact Hub King’s Cross and SEUK board member, for a (mostly) civil conversation about charity in the UK. They dig into how attempts to de-politicise charities became political in themselves, why food banks have become a growth industry nobody wanted, how charity boards were built to keep organisations safely non-radical, why we give more to dogs than refugees, and how alarmingly easy it’s become to register a hate group as a charity. It’s a sharp look at power, money, and what simple changes could give civil society back the freedom to actually do good. What to do About… Civil Society. Out now.