It’s just over a couple of months since we launched the findings from the Civil Society Futures Inquiry. So how do we take this forward in 2019 and beyond?
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Final reflections
The chair of the inquiry shares what she's learnt - and responds to some challenges we have had on the final findings
Stop waiting for the wizard
Government won't solve all our problems, so what are we going to do?
Where have we been? What have we heard? Our findings so far
We have heard from over 1,500 people so far, across England, across different parts of civil society — what have they said?
From the industrial revolution to the internet: putting power in people’s hands
We stand at a pivot point, facing an ‘us and them’ future which shuts out so many - and the real possibility of opening up enormous change for the better.
What we’ve learnt from over 60 independent conversations about the future of civil society
We created an open source toolkit and invited communities of interest, place and practice to host discussions on civil society - 64 have so far, in 26 cities and towns, more than 850 people. So what did we hear?
What 8 inquiries into civil society tell us about its future
You might not have noticed, but there are a large number of research efforts currently taking place trying to understand different aspects of how civil society has changed, is changing and should change. Hosted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, we recently met with seven other research projects for a joint learning session to understand and …
How would you visualise civil society?
What is civil society? It’s so many things we do together and for each other, from churches to charities, fluid online movements like #metoo to established local groups. How do you even make sense of it all?
Trends shaping the future
We know that civil society is changing. But what are the forces driving these changes? Explore our interactive map to see what could shape the future.
Civil Society Futures update: seven things we’ve been up to, seven things we’re thinking about
We knew what we didn’t want to do. We were determined from the outset that Civil Society Futures wouldn’t simply sit behind a desk somewhere in London and ask ‘important’ people to tell us what they thought. We didn’t want our inquiry into how English civil society can flourish in a fast changing world to …