I’ve been testing my impression of the pressures facing small charities.
I ran a short, anonymous poll, targeted at people in senior roles in small civic and non-profit groups in the UK:
1 – Constant fundraising pressure – 26.1%
2 – Funding uncertainty & late decisions – 21.7%
2 – Burnout & stretched capacity – 21.7%
3 – Too many priorities at once – 13%
4 – Admin / coordination gaps – 8.7%
5 – Management of governing board – 4.3%
5 – All of the above – 4.3%
(There may be (at least) one missing: Pressure to use technology/AI, but perhaps that would come under ‘Stretched capacity’ anyway.)
Do these pressures ring true? And what can help soften them?
