Voluntary Sector Manifesto, charity volunteers & sport for good - with Saskia Konynenberg, NCVO

How can charities and government work better together—and what role do volunteers play in shaping the sector? In this episode ofThe Charity Show, hosts Tim Beynon and Piers Townley explore the key issues driving the charity world today.

Featuring special guest Saskia Konynenberg from NCVO, this episode covers:

TheVoluntary Sector Manifesto—how it could transform the relationship between government and charitiesThe economic impact of volunteers and why they’re vital to the UK’s nonprofit sectorHow volunteers power major sporting events, from the Olympics to WimbledonThe RNLI’sFish Fridays campaign and its impact on fundraisingValleyfest—how this growing festival in the West Country is making a difference for charities

Whether you’re a charity leader, volunteer, or simply passionate about social impact, this episode is packed with insights and inspiring stories.

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Chapters

(00:00) Coming up in Episode 7

(01:43) Welcome

(06:54) Value of volunteers

(10:32) New website launched to help charities with banking services

(11:54) Channel Fours advert for the Paralympics

(13:28) Introducing Saskia Konynenburg

(14:44) The voluntary sector manifesto

(17:10) The manifesto's asks

(20:22) What's broken?

(24:04) The main parties and the manifesto

(25:44) How charities used the Manifesto

(30:56) Empowering charities to raise their voices through campaigning

(34:52) What will change over the next 5 years?

(36:29) What's your long term vision for volunteers?

(38:56) How can charities hold the Government to account?

(39:52) Superstars of the Week

(43:21) Valley Fest

(45:23) Coming soon

Featured charities and useful links:

The Fire Fighters Charity: https://www.firefighterscharity.org.uk/The Brain Tumour Charity: https://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/NCVO:https://www.ncvo.org.uk/Read the Voluntary Sector Manifesto in full:https://www.ncvo.org.uk/documents/518/the_voluntary_sector_manifesto.pdfRNLI: https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/jersey-lifeboat-stationValley Fest: https://valleyfest.co.uk/Teenage Cancer Trust: https://www.teenagecancertrust.org/Billy Chip: https://www.billychip.com/The Community Farm: https://www.thecommunityfarm.co.uk/

Full episode transcript:

Read here: https://thecharityshowtranscripts.blogspot.com/2024/08/episode-7-full-transcript.html

Note from Tim and Piers

All views expressed in this podcast are entirely our own, as are the dodgy dad jokes!

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