The status quo is just not an option

Charities and Non profits are facing challenging times but there are many opportunities also. Funding pressures, increased need, heightened stakeholder expectations, changing technologies are all impacting the non profit sector.

The organisations that are succeeding are those that are embracing change and are innovating in the way they mobilise resources, deliver services, use technologies and embed the right culture and behaviour

Our one day conference ' Innovating for Success' in partnership with the Charity Finance Group covers all these areas and focuses on the importance of innovation for charities and discusses how to do it with real life examples.

Charities are under intense scrutiny – how they are governed, how they raise and spend their money and how they achieve their charitable purposes. Leaders are expected to account for every penny and deliver and ensure they operate efficiently, but could they be delivering even better impact by rethinking the way they operate? will As part of the Innovation in Giving Fund, NESTA, worked with ten large charities to test out their ideas for new ways of increasing giving of time and money. Kate Sutton, Inclusive Economy Lead, Nesta will share important learning.

Lisa Quinlan-Rahman, Executive Director of Customer Strategy and Experience, Scope explores new ways of delivering front-line services ensuring that their purpose is firmly at the centre of their service delivery, and they are reaching even more beneficiaries

Prun Birjal, Medical Director, Change Grow Live, Kris Gibbon-Walsh, Head of Network Partnerships, FareShare & Chris White, Head of Social Purpose, Yoti will share how they are using digital technology in exciting ways, showing the ways that innovation can be harnessed to improve outcomes and deliver charitable purpose.

Creating an environment where innovation thrives is really important but some of the pressures facing non profits can can be barriers. How can charities overcome these challenges and empower their staff to achieve better outcomes by doing things differently? The day will conclude with embedding innovation in organisational culture presented by Jean-Francois Bessiron, Director Europe, Business, Industrial and Scientific, Amazon

The conference will be chaired by Naziar Hashemi the National Head of Crowe UK's non profit team.

Crowe clients will be able to use the CFG member's discounted rate. To book https://cfg.org.uk/event?p=40