The Road Ahead for the Voluntary Sector, 2014, NCVO Evolve Conference - from the PM4 session

1. The changing landscape for
voluntary action
Karl Wilding
NCVO Public Policy
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2. Policy and Politics
Resources & The Economy
Social Attitudes & Reputation
Technology & Disruption
Identity
What will the voluntary sector look
like in the future?

3. Policy and Politics

4. • de
“....where people in their everyday lives...don’t always turn to
officials, local authorities or central government for answers to
the problems they face...but instead feel both free and powerful
enough to help themselves and their own communities.”

5. “We have to acknowledge that actually Labour missed a trick
and failed by not connecting to the debate about the big
society. It seems a long time ago now but there was a
compelling story there... about what are out civic duties and
what institutions should be built to nurture the common good.”.

6. 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

7. Resources & The Economy

8. 8
Barnet: The graph of doom

13. Social Attitudes & Reputation

14. Source: Nat Cen, Guardian

15. 15

16. 16

17. Technology & Disruption

21. Identity

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

25. Here comes the flood?

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

29. Provocations
• Voluntary ‘sector’ growth
• Social action: wider, shallower, stronger
• Millennials are sector agnostic
• Digital disruption, innovation
• Public trust and institutions