BREXIT AND BEYOND: ISSUES FOR CHARITIES AND VOLUNTEERINGKARL WILDINGTWITTER: @KARLWILDING

NCVO PUBLIC POLICY & VOLUNTEERINGWWW.NCVO.ORG.UK/NCVO-VOLUNTEERING

SEPTEMBER 2016

ISSUES FACING CHARITIES AND VOLUNTEERING

• New government• ‘Domestic’ issues• Brexit and its impact

THE NEW GOVERNMENT

• Theresa May new PM• Immediate pressure to invoke Article 50• Immediate pressure from unsatisfied (leaderless)

Brexiteers• Immediate pressure on immigration (hard Brexit?)• Possibly more pressure to call an election

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK: CONTINUING POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY

• Early election looking less likely, but don’t rule out

• Autumn statement/emergency budget is the key economic event

• Party splits/realignment highly unlikely, but again don’t rule out

IT’S NOT JUST BREXIT: ISSUES FACING CHARITIES AND VOLUNTEERING

• ‘Domestic’ issues• Fundraising (still)• Trustees and governance• Voice and campaigning• Volunteering and social action• Regulation• Public trust and confidence

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR CHARITIES AND VOLUNTEERING?• Department for Exiting the EU: immediate need to

highlight issues for negotiation• Employees and volunteers: uncertainty/fear• Importance of providing a strong, independent and

robust voice in protecting rights• Treasury: immediate need to highlight

fiscal/financial issues • Access & priority: likely to be difficult; government

& parliament logjam• Opposition more open to support

DO YOU TRUST INSTITUTIONS? IT DEPENDS…

Source: Edelman Trust Barometerhttp://edelman.edelman1.netdna-cdn.com/assets/uploads/2016/01/2016-Edelman-Trust-Barometer-Global-_-Mounting-Trust-Inequality.pdf

A DIVIDED SOCIO-POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

Source: SMF/Opinium http://opinium.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dead-Centre-British-politics4_lr.pdf

MODERN BRITISH TRIBES

SOCIAL ATTITUDES, POST-BREXIT: IT’S COMPLICATED, BEYOND LEFT AND RIGHT

Source: SMF/Opinium http://opinium.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dead-Centre-British-politics4_lr.pdf

IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL COHESION

Chuka Umunna on the public’s concerns about immigration: “we came up with accountants’ answers to deep cultural issues”

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR CHARITIES AND VOLUNTEERING?• Febrile environment: many issues are

politicised• Need for visible leadership in some

communities• Immediate impact on organisations that work

on equality and diversity• Risk that charities are perceived to represent

only the metropolitan elite• Need to build trust between communities

more important than ever

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