This document presents the highlights from the Evolve Summit 2013. Evolve is the annual event for the voluntary sector which is the largest of it's kind. The Evolve Summit had a mixture of keynote speeches (past speakers include Boris Johnson, Tony Blair, Vince Cable) and workshops. Find out more about the Evolve Conference: http://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events/evolve-conference

1. The Evolve Summit
A mixture of keynote
speeches and
workshops, ending with a
drinks reception.
Attended by over 500 chief
executives, trustees, direct
ors, senior managers and
volunteer managers from
small, medium and large
voluntary organisations.

2. Evolve Dinner
A networking dinner for
over 350 MPs, Civil
Servants, Members of
the House of
Lords, influential
Voluntary Sector
Leaders, academics
and funders.

3. Evolve 2013 delegate statistics
33%
24%
20%
17%
6%

4. Evolve 2013 organisation statistics
56% of members had an income over
£1million. Their total income exceeded
£2.5 billion. Their combined
expenditure was over £2.23 billion.
The combined income of all
organisations was over £6 billion. The
combined expenditure was £5.8 billion.
72% of delegates registered a change
in knowledge or understanding of the
sponsors as a result of the conference.

5. Evolve 2013 feedback
“A bustling well-
organised day
packed with
learning and
networking”
“A well organised day, full of
important and relevant content
with well thought out workshops
attended by many different
voluntary organisations.
“Definitely worth a day of
my time!”
“This was my second NCVO
conference. This one was
easily the best and better
than most I've attended in
the public sector”
“A perfect venue for profiling
your own organisation and
networking with like-
minded, positive thinking
people from the Third Sector”
Brita Benson, Agenda
Consulting
“THE charity
sector event,
relevant to
organisations
large and small”

6. Boris Johnson
Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
Oliver Letwin
Danny Alexander
Vince Cable
Past Speakers

7. Media coverage of Evolve 2013
In addition to NCVO’s own communication channels, in 2013 the
Conference received further coverage from:
• Charities must give political parties a narrative for the voluntary sector
• Charities must get the most out of crowdfunding and gaming
• NCVO to look at ways of improving national media coverage of sector
• A Labour government would focus on 'politics of wellbeing'
• Does the end justify the means?