Ireland RIG 2

Lessons learned:

> An increased emphasis on continuity planning, IT testing and training is important. How quickly and successfully you respond to a crisis is often down to having a process for making decisions at pace > Smaller charities will benefit from access to greater support on continuity planning from sector bodies and others

> Regular communications are vital to ensure stakeholders understand the response. Regardless of size, understanding your stakeholders is critical and our website contains a useful guide to Stakeholder

Mapping

As a risk professional, you have techniques to draw on to support the organisation amid the crisis and to take it into recovery mode. You have the confidence to offer opinions and guidance and act as a subject matter expert. You understand the complexity and interdependencies of risks and how to assess impact across the organisation not just in a departmental silo. Sadly, some charities will not survive Covid-19, and others may need to make significant changes, so the future sector landscape may well look very different. The landscape is likely to involve more competition, a reduction in services, and changes in societal trends. Those that survive will need support from funders to continue in what will be an economically challenging environment, which may well lead to the scaling back of strategic ambitions.