Lucinda Rouse, Andy Ricketts and Emily Harle dissect the leading stories from the voluntary sector in 2024.

Lucinda delivers a speedy round-up of the year’s charity news before the three discuss their selected top stories. 

These include the closure of the British Youth Council and the National Citizen Service, the finding that charities are subsidising government service contracts by £2.4bn a year, and the implications of a new government for the sector.

They share their nominations for the year’s strangest stories, namely the mystery online fundraiser set up for Trussell, the anonymous cash donations to Bristol-based charities, and the most theatrical of trustee disputes at the Actors’ Benevolent Fund.

They reflect on some recurring trends and learnings over the course of the year, from changing social media usage to redundancies and the need to include the right people in discussions about tackling racism.

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