The Road Ahead for the Voluntary Sector, 2014, NCVO Evolve Conference

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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Resources & The Economy

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Social Attitudes & Reputation

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Technology & Disruption

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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