Do we need to ctrl-alt-delete the Third Sector

In the midst of £5 billion being removed from the voluntary sector each year through the cuts, organisations are bunkered down, salami slicing their budgets. Local authorities have been through huge restructures, yet voluntary organisations for the main have not. Is now the time to #ctrlaltDELETE the #thirdsector

'charities' vs 'social enterprise' = old vs new..?

There is a risk that new social organisations will poach the business of existing voluntary organisations in the way that bloggers have poached journalists jobs by writing for free. The we'll see different sector using their 'charity status' (read brand) as the sole reason that they are right. We don't have the right to get paid to do this, we have to consistently demonstrate we can do it better than others, or at least act as the platform where people can do it for themselves.

Would we be happy to have all businesses as social enterprises in name only..? If we have a community benefit test for all social enterprises won't we miss the chance to massively grow the number of businesses that operate in a social way..?