Students' Unions
The National Union of Students and NCVO Third Sector Foresight are working together between April 2009 and October 2009 to research the drivers that are particularly relevant to Students' Unions locally and NUS nationally.
You can make notes on drivers and collect the most relevant ones by saving them to your profile.
Other relevant drivers
- 2010 General Election
- Ageing population
- Collaborative working
- Ease of publishing online
- Efficiency and value for money
- Ethnic and cultural diversity
- Expectations of evidence
- Level and sources of VCS income
- Polarisation of the VCS
- Policies on active citizenship and vo...
- Public participation in decision-making
- Rise of single-issues
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.


