Sector trends
You can make notes on drivers and collect the most relevant ones by saving them to your profile.
- Blurring boundaries between sectors
- Changing attitudes to participation
- Collaborative working
- Expectations of evidence
- Hybridisation of charities
- Importance of organisational values
- Importance of work/life balance
- Increase in role of VCS in public ser...
- Information on the VCS
- Level and sources of VCS income
- Local governance and partnership working
- Number of general charities
- Polarisation of the VCS
- Policies on active citizenship and vo...
- Procurement practice
- Professionalisation of volunteering
- The commodification of membership
- Trends in volunteering
- Trust in charities
Feeling overwhelmed?
As you can see, there are many drivers that are shaping the future of voluntary and community organisations. The good news is that you can put most of them to one side in your own strategic planning.
Read our introduction to strategic analysis and find out how to sort and prioritise drivers. The guide takes you through the five stages of strategic analysis and there are templates to download to help you organise your thoughts.
