Here comes the flood?The changing landscape for charities and voluntary organisations

Karl Wilding NCVO

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The current environment

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Voluntary sector income/expenditure

Source: NCVO/TSRC, Charity Commission

Sources of incomeIncome sources2000 – 2012(£ billions, real terms)

VolunteeringProportion of people formally volunteering, 2001 – 2012/13 (% of respondents)

Where next?

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Barnet: The graph of doom

New ways to give, borrow, share… #crowdfunding

Source: Nat Cen, Guardian

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Source: Evers & Laville, 2004

Here comes the flood?

What will the voluntary sector look like in the future?

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