The guide has been an amazing success since its launch in 2016, proving popular with voluntary organisations, social enterprises, funders, commissioners and policy makers. People tell us it is:
People have also told us they would like the guide to have a dedicated website. So this site will help you to:
Graeme Reekie, author of the Lasting Difference resource, explains where the ideas and toolkit originated, and some of the principles that underpin it.
Sustainability isn’t easy. The challenges are complex and often paradoxical – more of one thing often means less of something else. First up, the paradox of change: only by changing can we stay the same.
If sustainability requires us to change and develop, can we do this without getting pulled out of shape? There are good reasons many organisations are octopus-shaped, as Graeme explains in this short clip.
We often say ‘yes’ to things because we think they will help us survive. Yet most organisations have sustainability challenges because of saying yes, not in spite of it.
Ellie Sandercock of Shared Care Scotland explains why sustainability means more than just money, and how the Lasting Difference toolkit can help.
Dee Fraser of the Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland takes a systems view of sustainability. Organisations can use the Lasting Difference guide to take action on funding, workload, capacity and involvement.
Making a Lasting Difference, Graeme’s newly-released book, is an urgent exploration of organisational sustainability. Based on the Lasting Difference toolkit, it’s a long-form exploration of sustainability. It explains the main…
At the 2019 Gathering this February the SCVO presented results from their recent poll about the state of the Scottish third sector SCVO Third Sector Forecast 2019 . It has…
A recent longitudinal (2018) report ‘Path to Impact’ assessed the capacity and capabilities of non-profit organisations in Northern Ireland and Scotland using the Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT). Across both…
