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The Road Ahead 2022

Finding a new practicality through uncertain times

  • Anya Martin
  • Muireann Montague
  • Chris Walker

Published: 18 January 2022

  • Introduction
  • Foreword
    • Attempts to divide us
    • Shifting conversations on climate
    • Rebalancing our society
    • Strengthening our ties to those nearby
    • How we live our lives
  • Political drivers
    • The sector's political climate
    • Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
    • Challenges to campaigning
    • Questions for your organisation to consider
    • Further information
  • Economic drivers
    • The big economic picture
    • The labour market in flux
    • Action on the economy
    • Increasing pressures on households, deepening inequality within and between communities
    • New and shifting sources of income for charities
    • Cashless giving
    • Questions for your organisation to consider
    • Further information
  • Social drivers
    • Emerging inequalities and impact on charity service demand
    • Changing public opinion on social issues
    • The future of volunteering and participation
    • Communities and the role of charities
    • The future of work
    • Questions for your organisation to consider
    • Further information
  • Technology drivers
    • Digital transformation in the post-covid world
    • Cyber security and the remote working environment
    • Potential for reforms to data protection
    • 5G wireless technology expanding access to artificial intelligence and machine learning
    • Volunteer passports back on the agenda
    • Blockchain: Just a fundraising opportunity, or something more?
    • Social media
    • Questions for your organisation to consider
    • Further information
  • Environmental drivers
    • Rise of political and public recognition
    • Changing practices during the pandemic – no going back vs pressure to ‘return to normal’
    • Role of charities and civil society in climate change
    • Charities and green levelling up
    • Lessons from pandemic and climate change
    • Immediate needs of climate change mitigation
    • Questions for your organisation to consider
    • Further information
  • Legal drivers
    • Charities bill
    • Legal impact of covid-19
    • Future legal reforms
    • National Fund
    • Governance
    • Questions for your organisation to consider:
    • Further information
  • Previous publications

Previous publications

Read our previous Road Ahead publications below.

  • The Road Ahead 2021 publication
  • The Road Ahead 2020 publication

This page was last reviewed for accuracy on 18 January 2022

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