The term ‘strategic issues’ could be described as the factors affecting the shape of the environment that we’re working in. This could be organisation-based, locally, regionally, nationally or internationally. Influence could come from:

Service users, members and participants
Local statutory authorities
Other VCF sector groups
Infrastructure organisations
Regional government
National or international government

Some of these factors could include strategic policy, funding, commissioning priorities, safeguarding, service planning etc.

These pages will hopefully help you understand in a simple way some of the key strategic issues at the moment and looking to the future.