The global non-profit sector is vast. Over 1.5 million organizations are registered in the US alone, and the UK charity sector rivals the motor industry in scale. Yet non-profit organizations - and smaller community groups in particular - face a number of challenges. While technology and social media have enabled unprecedented levels of communication, rising inequality and funding cuts have made operations much harder to sustain. Against this complex and shifting landscape, Innovation and Change in Non-Profit Organisations brings together highly regarded specialists including Charles Fraser, Sarah Brennan, Tommy Hutchinson and Sian Lockwood to stimulate new ideas for innovation, community action and social enterprise. Together, these contributors reflect on their achievements, challenge conventional wisdom, explore best practice, and offer inspirational advice for learning and deploying new skills across a wide range of fields and contexts. - Gives voice to leaders, activists and action researchers who have made a significant impact and whose insights are based on first-hand experience at the coal face - Describes exciting projects started by small and medium sized community groups all over the world, and shares the strategies they have used to survive and evolve - Explores hot issues such as digital communication, procurement, sustainability and crowdfunding, stimulating imaginative thinking and describing practical solutions - CEO-level contributors include Charles Fraser (St Mungo's), Sarah Brennan (Young Minds), Tommy Hutchinson (i-genius) and Sian Lockwood (Community Catalysts)
Don Macdonald is Visiting Lecturer in Social Enterprise at the University of Greenwich, UK, and has founded, developed and managed charities, social enterprises and community projects for more than 40 years. He has extensive experience of youth work and education at grass roots level in inner city London, as well as over 25 years management with voluntary and public organisations providing services for disadvantaged groups. He is now Chair of Trustees of the London Football Journeys charity, and advises and mentors small and emerging social enterprises.
Foreword by Lord Victor Adebowale CBE Introduction 1. 'Communities doing it for themselves' - community responses to health and social care challenges Sian Lockwood OBE (CEO, Community Catalysts) 2. Only wise and generous leadership can save us Shaks Ghosh (CEO, Clore Social Leadership) 3. Thinking differently and adapting to change Chris Durkin (Principal Lecturer for Social Work and Health, Nottingham Trent University) Tommy Hutchison (Founder and CEO, i-genius) 4. Procurement and commissioning in the non-profit sector Chris O'Leary (Policy Evaluation and Research Unit, Manchester Metropolitan University) Don Macdonald (Trustee, Trainer and Former Charity CEO) 5. Service improvement in small non-profit organisations Don Macdonald (Trustee, Trainer and Former Charity CEO) 6. The development of front-line service delivery Charles Fraser CBE FRSA (Former CEO, St Mungo's) 7. Mental health for young people - making an impact with scarce resources Sarah Brennan OBE (Former CEO, Young Minds) 8. The Windrush scandal and Windrush Day Patrick Vernon OBE (Associate Director for Connected Communities, Centre for Aging Better) 9. 'Survive or die' - critical management challenges in non-profit organisations Don Macdonald (Trustee, Trainer and Former Charity CEO) 10. Youth activism Kathryn Engelhardt-Cronk (Founder/CEO at MissionBox USA and UK) 11. All women count - organising an action with refugee women Marchu Girma (Grassroots Director, Women for Refugee Women) 12. How austerity has damaged the foundations of UK civil society Andy Shields FRSA (Consultant and Former Head of Business Development, 3SC 13. Getting back to being connected - how housing associations should change Charles Fraser CBE FRSA (Former CEO, St Mungo's) Final thoughts
