Running Hot, Burning Out: The State Of The Charity Sector

2022’s economic turmoil, the cost of living crisis and record-breaking hits to living standards have hit millions of households in the UK. As a result many are turning to charities for support so the sector has  had to try to address rapidly growing levels of need while trying to navigate an increasingly perilous financial landscape.

Despite all this, charities are doing what they always do – stepping up and doing their best to deliver their charitable objectives and meet the needs of their beneficiaries. For many this has meant trying to bring in additional staff and volunteers to help tackle the increasing demand, but this is proving to be another difficulty for charities who are facing recruitment and retention problems. Results from the second wave of the PBE and Nottingham Trent University National VCSE Data and Insights quarterly VCSE sector barometer reveal the extent of the recruitment and retention problem, please click here to read more about this.