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The Road Ahead 2021

A review of the sector's operating environment

  • Joe Fern
  • Véronique Jochum
  • Sarah Elliott (formerly Vibert)

    Sarah Elliott (formerly Vibert)

    Chief Executive Officer

    Sarah controls the direction of NCVO

    Sarah Vibert
  • Chris Walker
  • Paul Winyard

Published: 20 January 2021

  • Introduction
    • Acknowledgements
  • The Road Ahead: Hopes and fears for the voluntary sector and volunteering
    • Influencing in covid’s shadow
    • #NeverMoreNeeded
    • ‘We are all in the same storm, but not the same boat’
    • Embedding digital ways of working
    • Flattening the carbon curve
    • Rights and regulations
    • Building back better
  • Political drivers
    • Adapting to post-Brexit arrangements
    • A possible split of the United Kingdom
    • Will covid-19 splits cause long-term problems for the Conservatives?
    • A return to the centre ground for Labour?
    • Covid-19 to change politics and our ability to influence
    • Moving forward
    • Links and resources
  • Economic drivers
    • Economic forecast
    • How is the government responding?
    • Unemployment rising and likely to rise further
    • The livelihoods of beneficiaries have been hit hard
    • The state of public services
    • Trends in giving
    • A challenging funding environment for charities
    • Moving forward
    • Links and resources
  • Social drivers
    • The amplification of inequalities and divides
    • Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter as a catalyst for change
    • Far-reaching changes in working patterns
    • Increasing trust in charities
    • Community mobilisation in all its forms
    • Shifts in volunteering
    • Moving forward
    • Links and resources
  • Technological drivers
    • Challenges of digital transformation for charity operations
    • Remote working and the importance of digital skills
    • Data protection poses challenges for online services
    • Spotlight: Addressing the digital divide
    • Digital technology as a means to empower civil society
    • Charities getting the most out of data
    • Moving forward
    • Links and resources
  • Environmental drivers
    • Greater political and public traction
    • The rise of sustainable consumption
    • More integration with racial and social justice
    • The lessons of covid-19 for climate change
    • Charities helping to ‘build back better’
    • Spotlight: Charities and influencing local climate change solutions
    • Meeting social and resilience needs from climate change
    • Moving forward
    • Links and resources
  • Legal drivers
    • Legal drivers
    • The role of the Charity Commission
    • The regulatory impact of the deal with the EU
    • Employment and volunteering post Brexit
    • Good governance in bad times
    • Legal implications of the pandemic impacting on people and communities
    • Shrinking civic space
    • Moving forward
    • Links and resources
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