Society
You can make notes on drivers and collect the most relevant ones by saving them to your profile.
- 'Britishness' and citizenship
- Ageing population
- Attitudes to different generations
- Attitudes towards class and socio-eco...
- Attitudes towards community responsib...
- Attitudes towards ethnicity
- Attitudes towards immigrants
- Attitudes towards risk
- Attitudes towards the welfare state
- Conservative focus on social justice
- Consumption culture & personal debt
- Corporate responsibility
- Digital exclusion
- Empowered consumers/information society
- Ethical living and consumerism
- Ethnic and cultural diversity
- Family networks
- Focus on well-being
- Global population movement
- Human rights agenda
- Identity politics
- Importance of organisational values
- Importance of work/life balance
- Individualism
- Inequality between local areas
- International campaigns and movements
- New philanthropists
- Online communities
- Online trust and identity
- Perception of threat
- Personal mobility
- Personalisation of services
- Policies on multiculturalism and soci...
- Poverty and inequality
- Power of media in influencing policy
- Public attitudes towards domestic pov...
- Public Concerns
- Public expectations and assertiveness
- Public participation in decision-making
- Public spaces
- Regulation of civil life
- Religious affilliation and spirituality
- Rise in radicalism
- Security and surveillance
- Single person households
- Time and energy deficit
- Tolerance of anti-social behaviour
- 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.


