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Author: Future Agenda | https://www.futureagenda.org
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Our foresight programmes generate insights and views of the future, that can be used to provoke discussion, response, thought and innovation.
Those who grew up with social media redefine charitable giving and force transparency through relentless research, ruthless focus and a fundamental belief in multiple community engagement.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/breaking-good/
Increased corporate transparency and lack of government resource means that millennials look to business rather than government to drive social change. Public action drives the agenda.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/action-responsibility-and-accountability/
Local government provides a better locus for organisations trying to influence place-based strategies and cross sector ways of working, and also helps to generate funding directly from the communities they are looking to serve.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/devolution-of-government/
Charity CEOs cease to be measured against organisational growth and instead focus on delivering outcomes that permanently address their original target. In so doing they set a timetable for their own relevance.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/organised-growth/
There is a growth in structured volunteering which helps individuals develop new skills and relationships while also making a difference in their community and in broader society.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/double-counting/
Social enterprises and community interest initiatives reduce the gap between the private and social sectors and provide greater opportunities to do good and create social value.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/fuzzy-boundaries/
Increasing competition for limited funding, duplication of effort, mistrust and poor collaboration combine to reduce the impact of social organisations and leave the vulnerable to suffer.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/conflicting-motivation/
Despite the cost of collecting data, feedback from beneficiaries plays an increasing role in measuring success particularly when other outcomes are hard to measure.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/measuring-good/
The delivery focus moves beyond activities, people and organisations to focus on driving system and social change. This requires increased collaboration between public, private and social sectors.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/shifting-balance/
Doing good is value-laden. The agenda is shaped by government and the wealthy. The third sector continues to bow to this, potentially limiting innovation and the possibility of change.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/those-who-hold-the-purse-strings/
There continues to be a need for services for the vulnerable – underpinned by independent research, direct representation and advocacy to help shape public policy: arguably the importance of speaking truth to power remains constant.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/truth-to-power/
Interdependent issues and collective intelligence re-designs governance and civic participation, maturing from small scale start ups to broader based collaborations where success is judged by wide scale impact.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/new-models-of-legitimacy/
