Charity Excellence: UK COVID19 charity funding strategy toolkit
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Charity Excellence
published: January 2020
'Survive & Thrive 2021 - What this year holds for us and what you can do about that'
2020 brought Covid and, in 2021, we have the new variant and Brexit. But, if we act now, we can mitigate the risks and there will be opportunities too, for those who find and exploit them.
The Charity Excellence strategy toolkit assesses the 2021 outlook and gives you everything you need to do that. The Charity COVID19 Toolkit 1 of 7 (Strategy) was last updated on 21 January 2021. It's part of Charity Excellence Survive & Thrive 2021.
Why This Matters?
We can't change what's happening in the outside world, but we can respond to mitigate threats and exploit opportunities. This toolkit does the spadework for you.
Part 1 – What 2021 might hold for the charity sector
Part 2 – How to find the emerging opportunities
Part 3 – How to use that to create your recovery strategy
How effective are charities at strategy? The Charity Sector Data Store strategy indicator has been at amber since 2018, showing that the majority of charities report they are not doing this well. Weaknesses within this include, not assessing funding needs effectively, a lack of realism in target and objective setting, not focussing on delivering impact and not engaging people in the strategy.
To find out how to make your strategic planning more effective, complete the CEF Strategy questionnaire. It takes 2 mins to register here and 30 mins to do so; everything is free.
What are the sector's key weaknesses? Of the 21 top level indicators, 3 others are also at amber. Sustainability will come as no surprise, but weak management of fundraising and ineffective planning might. More positively, communications has moved from amber to green, over the course of the year.
Covid tracking, begun Mar 20, was initially all red/amber, but now only 2 of the 16 indicators are amber, showing how outstanding well the sector has responded, despite the huge challenges and desperate shortage of resources. However, 2 of the 3 Brexit indicators have been at amber for a long time, and remain so. There is now very little time left to do something about that.
