# Charity Excellence responds to growing economic crisis with ‘step change’ in free services

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/08/22/charity-excellence-responds-to-growing-economic-crisis-with-step-change-in-free-services/
- Published: 2022-08-22T13:26:58+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Charity Excellence has announced its biggest ever step change in the free services
it provides for charities. It includes plans for a major upgrade to the Funding 
Finder database, plus two new databases, and the creation of an informal coalition
of organisations to provide a measure of coordinated response to the worsening economic
crisis.**

Charity Excellence has now reached 30,000 members, and has today (22 August) published
its [2023 sector outlook and scenarios](https://www.charityexcellence.co.uk/Home/BlogDetail?Link=Charity_Sector_PESTLE).
In response to this, it will launch its #SurviveAndThrive campaign on 3 October,
under which these developments will fall.

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Commenting, Ian McLintock said:

> “Our response will be the most ambitious ever step change in the free support 
> we provide to front line charities and also a step change in the numbers we provide
> that support to.
>  
> “This step change in support will include a major upgrade to the Funding Finder
> database, plus 2 new databases – Help Finder and Data Finder.  We are also working
> to create an informal coalition of organisations to provide a measure of coordinated
> response to the coming crisis, albeit this is still work in progress.
>  
> “This will create a charity sector eco system which exploits fully the collective
> expertise of the sector by enabling anyone from any charity to find the advice,
> resources, pro bono support, data and free goods and services they need.  This
> will extend the groups we support from primarily those leading the 0.5 million
> UK non-profits to any of the 1 million staff and 20 million volunteers, and Government
> and university staff involved in the sector who wish to use it to support charities.
> The launch of the strategic phase in 2023 will transfer ownership of the Charity
> Excellence eco system to the wider sector.”

Charity Excellence’s newly published resource provides a charity sector strategic
outlook for 2023 by identifying the key issues facing the sector in a PESTLE analysis
that charities can use and adapt for their own strategic planning and fundraising
strategy. It offers two scenarios for what the future might look like, explains 
the Charity Excellence #Survive&Thrive campaign, and identifies steps for charities
to take themselves.

The key issues identified include a worsening funding position for charities, increasing
demand, rising costs, and challenges for staff and volunteers. Under the best-case
scenario, the situation begins to ease in the Spring, by mid-2023 the crisis is 
over and by end 2023 the sector is more confident and capable than ever, while under
the worst-case scenario, As we move into 2023, the situation deteriorates as we 
move into 2023, with the recession not fading until 2024, when charities very slowly
begin to recover.

To help, Charity Excellence’s #SurviveAndThrive strategy will provide an immediate
response to the crisis, which it will then build on to provide greater support to
all UK charities and data for sector level decision makers. 

More information on the plans can be found on the [Charity Excellence site](https://www.charityexcellence.co.uk/Home/BlogDetail?Link=Charity_Sector_PESTLE).

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13 October 2021

[Charity Excellence offers others opportunity to have free funder database on their site](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/07/06/charity-excellence-offers-others-opportunity-to-have-free-funder-database-on-their-site/)
06 July 2021