Why the general direction of travel that should really worry those who like things as they are..

It sudenly occured to me that there were a lot of implicit policy changes since 2010 that have not been written down together. So here's a list of things that show the direction of travel..

1. community over voluntary
2. self organising over organised
3. loans over grants
4. informal over risk assessed
5. delivery over 'voice'
6. problem solving over fairness
7. competition over collaboration
8. any willing provider over VCS
9. individual responsibility over government responsibility
10. peer to peer over hierarchy
11. social enterprise over voluntary
12. communities of place over communities of interest
13. economies of scale over local protectionism
14. social impact bonds over grants
15. chaotic working groups over formal partnerships
16. the specific over the generic
17. change over consistent

And this is the backdrop that the voluntary sector will be expected to have an increased role in:

1. double dip 
2. higher inequality 
3. more disadvantage (as the population get poorer)

I'm pretty optimistic despite all this, but i think firstly we need to recognise what is happening.. ;-)
It not the specific, but the general direction of travel that should really worry those who like things as they are..