The document discusses the changing landscape for charities and voluntary organizations in the UK. It notes that government priorities and sources of voluntary sector income and expenditures have changed in recent years. Volunteering rates have also fluctuated. It suggests that in the future, the voluntary sector may see growth, shift from fundraising to raising other resources, engage in broader and shallower social action, and face disruption from digital innovation and changing public trust. The author encourages continuing the conversation on social media and through the National Council for Voluntary Organizations.

1. Here comes the flood?
The changing landscape for charities and
voluntary organisations
Karl Wilding
NCVO
#InvolveAPC
@karlwilding

3. The current environment

5. 47%
44% 42%
26% 25% 23% 23% 21%
16% 16%
Most important Gov’t priorities in deciding who to vote for
at GE2015
Q. Below is a list of priorities for a potential Government to have, please select the three which you would consider most important when deciding
who to vote for at a General Election? Base: adults in marginal constituencies (n=1,038) Source: ComRes

6. Voluntary sector income/expenditure
Source: NCVO/TSRC, Charity Commission

7. Sources of income
Income sources
2000 – 2012
(£ billions, real
terms)

8. Volunteering
Proportion of
people formally
volunteering,
2001 – 2012/13
(% of
respondents)

9. Where next?

12. 12
Barnet: The graph of doom

18. New ways to give, borrow, share… #crowdfunding

20. Source: Nat Cen, Guardian

22. 22

27. The State
(Public Agencies)
The Market
(Private Firms)
The Community
(Households,
Families)
Public
Private
Voluntary
Sector
Source: Evers & Laville, 2004

32. Here comes the flood?

33. What will the voluntary sector look
like in the future?

34. Provocations: Future of the sector?
• Voluntary ‘sector’ growth
• From fundraising to resource raising
• Social action: wider, shallower, stronger
• Millennials (politicians?) are sector agnostic
• Digital disruption, innovation
• Public trust

35. If you want to continue the conversation…
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