What’s Happening in the Third Sector?
Volunteering trends for 2025
As we approach the end of 2024, Charity Digital have put together a great guide for the likely volunteering trends next year.
The predicted trends include:
- A decline in volunteer numbers
- A rise in micro and remote volunteering
- Increasing accessibility and inclusion
- Making better use of corporate volunteering
- Giving volunteers the ability to track their impact
Small charities under financial strain
Small charities have been under significant financial strain over the past few years, with public donations dropping sharply from 54% to 25% between 2020/21 and 2021/22. This left 73% of small organisations without a primary income source, increasing reliance on limited grants and local support.
This reduced source of income caused many charities to start relying on limited grants, local support, and government funding. However, Government funding to the voluntary sector also fell to 26% of total income in 2021/22 (down from 30%), with only 4% reaching small charities.
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