Rose, aged 15, is a great fan of Para Dance. She has been taking part in Para Dance, since COVID, for about five years. When I asked her why she likes it so much, after a moment’s thought, she smiled broadly and commented “I like it because I feel sense of freedom inside me. When I dance, it lifts my body up. It helps my body – my hip and my heart.”
CEO Blog – The Tensions That Frame Our Work
This has been a year of both clarity and contradiction.
Across the voluntary sector, especially among small and medium-sized charities, a shared truth has surfaced: the work has never been more needed, more complex or more undervalued.
Rising need, shrinking resources and deepening societal divides have pushed local organisations into a new era - not defined by crisis, but by exposed fault lines. 2025 has shown us the limitations of old assumptions: about partnership, funding, capacity and the very role of charities in civic life.