The world was a very different place when the latest Third Sector Trends for the North West was published in 2019. The relative stability of the sector highlighted in previous reports continues in the latest report but will that still be the case in a post-coronavirus world in 2020 and beyond?

This ground-breaking longitudinal study explores the scale, dynamics and needs of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in the North West. The report, based on a representative sample of over 1,000 organisations, is the latest of a series of reports that began in 2008. This gives the study a long-term view not available from other research on charities and community organisations regionally or nationally.

A launch event was held on 18th June where report author Professor Tony Chapman discussed the findings of the survey, while Jack Hunter (Institute for Public Policy Research) spoke about the consequences of these findings for the North.

You can view a recording of the event here and Tony Chapman’s presentation here.