Introduction This is the ninth in the Heyheyjoe briefing series, looking at external social, economic, and demographic changes and their impact on charities and non-profit organisations. This one focuses on leisure time and leisure expenditure and how those changes impact charities.   The rise in leisure time The rise in leisure time is driven by a number of factors. The decrease in work time – in 1970, we did an average of 30 hours a week, while it was 23 hours a week in 201

Introduction This is the eighth in the Heyheyjoe briefing series, looking at external social, economic, and demographic changes and their impact on charities and non-profit organisations. This one focuses on how it is personalities and celebrities that increasingly dominate our thinking socially and politically. Some ways in which celebrities rise, and institutions fall Celebrities dominate social media, particularly Instagram The top ten accounts on Instagram have an astonis

Introduction This is the seventh in the Heyheyjoe briefing series, looking at external social, economic, and demographic changes and their impact on charities and non-profit organisations. This one focuses on the rise of consumer choice and its implications for charities.   Some ways in which we have more choice in our lives 1. Rise in the number of supermarket products The average supermarket in 1975 carried approximately 9000 products (references available on request). By 2

Introduction This is the sixth in the Heyheyjoe briefing series, looking at external social, economic, and demographic changes and their impact on charities and non-profit organisations. This one focuses on changing patterns of religious observance and their impact on charities. The number of Christians is falling in the UK. The most accurate way to measure the habits and demographics of the UK population is through census data. Chart 1 below shows changes in religious compos

Introduction This is the fifth in the Heyheyjoe briefing series, looking at external social, economic, and demographic changes and their...

Introduction This is the fourth in the Heyheyjoe briefing series looking at external social, economic, and demographic changes and their impact on charities and non-profit organisations. This one focuses on how people die in UK society. We have death statistics going back 100 years, as well as survival rates for cancer and the big differences in genders and age on the way that we die.   The way people die is changing. Chart 1 and 2 shows the most common reason for death for e

Introduction This is the third in the Heyheyjoe briefing series looking at external social, economic, and demographic changes and their...

Introduction This is the second in the Heyheyjoe briefing series looking at external social, economic, and demographic changes and their impact on charities and non-profit organisations. This one focuses on household and family structures in four specific intertwined areas: the rise in numbers of single people, the declining fertility rate, the divorce rate, and the overall structure of families.   Rise in the number of single people in the UK population Chart 1 shows the num

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