Can charities save the world?
Sarah Mitchell
CEO of Cycling UK | Author of Charity Management , Leadership Evolution and Change
Britain faces challenges that weren’t imaginable thirty years ago, challenges which charities, rooted as they are in community action and the public good, should be ideally suited to tackle. But the charity sector seems paralysed. Even after a decade of cuts and immense social and environmental disruption charities are still fighting hard to maintain business as usual. To develop new responses to our changing world the charity sector desperately needs to reinvent itself, radically re-engaging with communities and developing powerful and scalable responses to the challenges facing the UK in the coming decades. What are the ties that bind charities, rendering them unable to re-invent themselves and to re-imagine their services, even when they face existential crises?
Just two years ago I started mulling this question over in my mind and talking to friends and colleagues about it. The ideas I explored – about how the charity sector can best address the challenges of the coming decades – led me to hours of research and some fascinating conversations with people across the sector, and finally to this book.
Charity Management: Leadership, Evolution and Change has just been published by Routledge as part of the series by the Centre for Charity Effectiveness.
My book explores how charities in the UK really operate, as seen through the eyes of people who work in and with charities, and investigates what holds charities back from change. It demonstrates what we can learn from entrepreneurship and market disruption in the private sector, and points to ways in which the sector can re-imagine what it does and how it does this. It presents a new ambition for charities to break free of their history and imagine a new role for themselves in shaping the future for our society.
Presenting a new ambition for charities to imagine a new role for themselves in shaping the future for our society, this volume is especially valuable for academics and professionals in the fields of charity and non-profit management, organisational change, and strategic management.
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My enormous thanks go to all those who shared their thoughts, hopes, frustrations and insights with me in the course of writing this book. I hope this can be the start of the conversation about developing the future of the sector.
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Head of James’ Place London, Deputy Clinical Lead (national), UKCP registered Psychotherapist
3 年Thanks Sarah- just ordered and looking forward to reading this. Hope all’s well with you!
Sustainability & ESG Director at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
3 年This is awesome Sarah - massive congratulations! I’ll be buying a copy!
CEO at Camcycle
3 年Congratulations Sarah! I look forward to reading it. This is very timely as we recover from the pandemic and head straight into a climate crisis that needs urgent action.
Your book looks really interesting and insightful, I'm also looking forward to reading it. It must have been a real labour of love, well done.
CEO at Be the Business. Inspiring leadership teams to create & deliver greater productivity. Championing leaders of small businesses. Building mission-led businesses. Developing talent through apprenticeships.
3 年The challenge is big but the opportunity is enormous. At a time of massive uncertainty and rapid change in every aspect of our lives, it's never been more important for charities to reinvent themselves. This has got to be essential reading for any organisation looking to make this happen. Congratulations!