Still working for a charity?
While the labour market for charity employees looks uncertain, Karl Wilding shares why he wouldn’t be in any other sector
Ever found yourself coming up against what I call ‘the wedding problem’? Let me explain. Whenever friends or relatives have some sort of a social occasion (and I may be rephrasing this question as the ‘funeral problem’ in a few years), I am invariably asked about what I do for a living. I explain that I work for a charity and that I am paid. At this point, I invariably have to reveal that there are in fact lots of people working in the sector and that they are paid too and that, year on year, there are more and more of us. But the cuts we are all experiencing now mean that I’ll need to change my story.
Author: Karl Wilding
Karl Wilding is NCVO's head of research.
His team’s work on ‘big picture’ trends explores the role and contribution of the voluntary and community sector and how it is changing.
Karl is a trustee of a local infrastructure organisation and a visiting fellow at Cass Business School.
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