Making good - The future of the Voluntary Sector is a collection of essays by voluntary sector leaders.
In these essays, 29 voluntary sector leaders and commentators give their views on where and how voluntary organisations could add most value to society over the next decade.
Most are from the UK but there are also some illuminating contributions from or about other countries.
The aim is to generate wider debate that will help shape a stronger future for the voluntary sector. The idea came from the Panel on the Independence of the Voluntary Sector, which has highlighted serious threats to independence in its reports – including challenges to the sector’s independent voice; markets, not mission, becoming the driving force and undermining independent purpose and action; and a general loss of identity and respect for independence.
It calls for greater consensus about what is distinctive and important about an independent voluntary sector in order to underpin a ‘new settlement’ between the sector and its stakeholders.
There are different perspectives and many essays will provoke lively discussion, but some strong and surprisingly consistent messages do emerge.
To view the collection of essays, visit: www.civilexchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Making-Good-Essays-web.pdf