State of the Sector 2024 – A qualitative report
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State of the Sector 2024 is live! Your voice has been heard, and Clinks has captured it for our 2024 report. This year we have taken a qualitative approach to our research, listening to the sector via a series of focus groups and interviews with voluntary organisations and funders. Check out our State of the Sector webpage to read the report and find out more information below.
Clinks’ role is to lead, support, inform and collaborate within the criminal justice sector. Our annual State of the Sector research, produced in partnership with NCVO, is a free resource evidencing what our members and the sector are experiencing.
We have compiled this report so all organisations can better understand the current criminal justice voluntary sector climate. The information supplied to Clinks during our research phase provides us with extensive evidence which we present to a wide range of stakeholders, including key decision makers. The report includes the impact of early release schemes, probation changes and initiatives planned or launched by the new government and the ongoing challenge of meeting growing need in the face of shrinking resource.
State of the Sector 2024 key findings
- Concerns about how criminal justice issues are presented in the media.
- The value of coalitions and alliances, and how these might be expanded.
- How the reverberations of the pandemic are continuing to affect the sector.
- Staffing challenges, including recruitment and retention, supporting the mental health of frontline staff.
- Vetting and challenges around lived experience engagement.
- How funders and others can support the sector over the coming year.
The sector’s voice is one of its key strengths, and Clinks will continue working to make sure it is heard. As the infrastructure organisation for the criminal justice voluntary sector, we want to continue to support organisations. Over the coming year, we will keep advocating for the sector. We will share learning and offer opportunities for connection, providing a platform for the sector to come together to highlight issues that matter to organisations and the people they work with.
Find out more about our work within our vibrant sector and get involved.
View the 2024 report here
Download the executive summary here
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