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…
Since it launched at The Gathering in 2016, the Lasting Difference toolkit and website have been used by many thousands of organisations to transform the way they work – thank…
In our last blog I explored the importance of innovation and its role in developing a sustainable culture. Once innovative ideas have been generated the next stage is to narrow…
It has been said that people are innovative, while organisations are less so. The notion of innovation inevitably raises questions for anyone operating in the non-profit world, from ‘is this…
Here at the Lasting Difference we recognise the importance of collaboration as an activity which supports organisational sustainability. One of the indicators in our Lasting Difference toolkit focuses on this…
Recently published The Local Charity and Community Group Sustainability Report 2017/18 makes for sobering reading. Support organisation Localgiving have undertaken a survey on sustainability over the past three years, so…
There’s a lot to think about when you are starting out in any new venture. Often the big (and exciting!) vision can become overwhelmed by more practical and mundane tasks,…
Sometimes you just know you are in the right place with the right people at the right time. Our recent workshop series on sustaining self-directed support was a great example,…