STRUCTURAL CHANGES
I suspect that with the new Charities Law and the ever present challenge of being efficient and effective we will see consolidation in the sector.
I cannot believe in an Island 9 x 5 miles there are 535 charitable organisations and I anticipate mergers and collaborations in an effort to reduce costs and share resources.
If this does happen it will necessitate support for organisational change which may impact people, process, and technology.
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS
I suspect that government will reduce and outsource an increasing number of public functions and services and demand increasing assurance and standards of governance and compliance, for example the growing insistence over Cyber Essentials as a prerequisite for doing business.
If this does happen it will necessitate support for better governance and improved mechanisms for reporting on Key Performance Indicators or other metrics relevant to Service Level Agreements, Grant Funding or related to public functions and services.
A NET BENEFICIARY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Interestingly whilst there are predictions that Artificial Intelligence [AI] will benefit a few who will get rich as the designers and suppliers of AI, the majority of office and clerical workers will lose their jobs. We may be looking at 30% of office workers being unemployed or under-employed within 10 years?
Let’s be honest not all these bankers, insurance agents, public sector clerks and the like are going to re-tool as coders for the new economy.
Interestingly Vocational and Care Work is a sector that can benefit from AI through better use of technology to diagnose problems and direct funding and resources. Even more interestingly these are the jobs that are not easily replaced by an algorithm. Maybe with an aging demographic and changes Political, Economic, Social and Technical factors the Charity Eco-System is the best place to be?
NEW OPPORTUNITIES
I think the 535+ Charities and NPO which has a turn-over of £80 million plus, and 11,000 people volunteers is a micro-economy. I believe there is an opportunity to explore how best to direct resources and funding to the areas that most need it, and provide high-quality feedback on the benefits.
There are relatively simple benefits: Like having a standard approach to GDPR and Cyber Essentials that means that it is simple and effective for the whole industry and government, rather than each organisation taking a different and incompatible approach.
There are some extreme “out there” ideas: Like adopting crypto currency that can be used within the Charities, Island and Government which can be only used within Jersey and provide a means and history to account of how funding is used.
There are some narrow improvements: Like improving the email, database, and other systems and technologies for one or two charities.
There are some broad and wide improvements: Like re-thinking the integration and collaboration. What if, for example, all Charities adopted Google Platform (email, docs, database) Or perhaps the Miscrosoft-365 approach for the same. What would be the economies of scale and the benefits of a common and secure platform for all members of the economy?
SO WHAT?
Following my appointment to the Committee of Association of Jersey Charities I will be looking to see what more we can do to help members and the Charity Community as a whole.
In the next week weeks I will be seeking views from all sectors and of all talents to see what we can do to help the Charity eco-system of 500+ organisations which collectively turns-over 80 million.
Feedback welcome.
SOME DATA ABOUT CHARITY ECO-SYSTEM
There are 535+ Charities and NPO
Donations in 2016 were £80 million
Lottery funding adds to this figure
11,000 people volunteer or act as trustees
80% use unpaid volunteers
48 million is raised by just 15 organisations
In the above blog I quote the findings of the KPMG survey extensively.
You can find all this data online here https://youtu.be/gRLdp5x8XkY
The full '2016 Jersey Charity Survey; KPMG and Jersey Community Partnership' Report is available from Jersey Community Partnership website and I highly recommend getting in touch with Jersey Community Partnership if you are interested in finding out more.
I also recommend the Jersey Community Partnership website here http://www.jerseycommunitypartnership.org/
I am delighted to acknowledge and thank Jersey Community Partnership for hosting this really helpful video and emailing me a copy of the '2016 Jersey Charity Survey.
I have posted a variety of articles about Jersey’s Charity Sector
https://charitymattersjersey.blogspot.com/
The most relevant this this article include
https://charitymattersjersey.blogspot.com/2018/07/what-is-future-like-for-charities-and.html
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-future-like-charities-should-government-helping-tim-hj-rogers/
The views outlined are my own, but I am interested in meeting with like-minded people to see what we can do together to help the Charity Sector and the community that they serve. If you are interested in lending your talent, expertise or experience please get in contact.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tim Rogers is a keen supporter of the Association of Jersey Charities and Jersey Community Partnership. He has provided presentations, workshops, free advice and guidance amounting to £20,000 to various charities and runs a FREE GDPR Question and Answer service to local Jersey Charities Jersey https://gdprjersey.blogspot.com/ You can contact TimHJRogers@gmail.com
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