the road ahead for the voluntary sector, 2014, ncvo evolve conference
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The Road Ahead for the Voluntary Sector, 2014, NCVO Evolve Conference - from the PM4 sessionTRANSCRIPT
The changing landscape for voluntary action
Karl WildingNCVO Public Policy
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Policy and PoliticsResources & The EconomySocial Attitudes & ReputationTechnology & DisruptionIdentity
What will the voluntary sector look like in the future?
Policy and Politics
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“....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.”
“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.”.
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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
Resources & The Economy
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Barnet: The graph of doom
Social Attitudes & Reputation
Source: Nat Cen, Guardian
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Technology & Disruption
Identity
The State(Public Agencies)
The Market(Private Firms)
The Community(Households,
Families)Non-profit
For-profit
Formal
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Private
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Source: Evers & Laville, 2004
Here comes the flood?
What will the voluntary sector look like in the future?
Provocations
• Voluntary ‘sector’ growth• Social action: wider, shallower, stronger• Millennials are sector agnostic• Digital disruption, innovation• Public trust and institutions