In my view…Maggie Williams, NORCAS chief executive.
Posted on | July 7, 2010 | No Comments
Maggie looks ahead to challenging times and positive outcomes!
At NORCAS we firmly believe that out of challenges come real opportunities. Like everyone
else, we know that this period of austerity we are currently facing is likely to affect us all in
some way, both in our personal and professional lives.
In the charitable sector, we have entered into a new era of competitive tendering which
for many will require adopting a more commercial mindset. People also have less money
to give, but at the same time there has never been a greater demand for our services.
Politically there will inevitably be changes to take on board, (At NORCAS we’ve always
believed that change happens together, which is something our new coalition government is
having to get used to pretty quickly!).
All these factors, however, are things we have long been planning for at NORCAS and were
at the core of our decision to rebrand last September and make the necessary changes to
ensure we were performing as well as we possibly could be.
Value for money has never been more important and we must focus on outcomes rather
than outputs. In everything we do, we must ask ourselves what difference have we made?
We must measure the impact.
While being realistic and pragmatic, we have a highly skilled and experienced team who do
a fantastic job and we will rise to these challenges and with everyone’s support remain true
to our vision, mission and values.
Although challenging times certainly require a ‘positive mental attitude’, with so many new,
so worthwhile and exciting things happening for us at NORCAS, that isn’t too difficult!
I hope you enjoy and find it interesting to read about some of them in this newsletter.
And although it is covered in more detail later, I must mention our first ever charity ball
which was held at Dunston Hall on 5th June. What a fantastic evening and a big thank you to
everyone who helped to organise the event and the ‘friends of NORCAS’ who came along
on the evening to show their support and offered such a generous reception to our cause. I
have a feeling it may not be the last!
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