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DIALOGUE Issue #4 2019
The Big Interview
BIOGRAPHIES
THE THIRD SECTOR – HOW TO MAKE A LIFE NOT JUST A LIVING In this issue’s Big Interview, we sat down with five members of our community – four OGs and a current parent – who have all built their careers by making the world a better place. We asked their thoughts on the changing profile of the third sector, what they do within it and what motivates them to make a difference. The ‘third sector’ refers to organisations whose primary purpose is to create social impact rather than profit. It is often called the voluntary sector, civil society or the not-for-profit sector. You might ask, what has it to do with me? Citizens Advice and the Consumers’ Association, the RNLI and Mountain Rescue, St John’s Ambulance, many local housing associations and RGS Guildford – all institutions in the voluntary sector, alongside the more than 168,000 other charities in the UK. The likelihood is that you have come into contact with at least one of these recently. Nine in ten UK households have accessed services provided by voluntary organisations at some point and in 2016/17, according to the NCVO, the voluntary sector contributed £17.1bn to the UK economy with the value of volunteering estimated at £23.9bn.
Rabbi Alex Goldberg (AG) OG 1993 Alex is a barrister, chaplain, human rights activist and committed football fan. He is the Dean of College of Chaplains at the University of Surrey’s Office of Religious Life and Belief, leading a team of 11 Chaplains and advisors from eight faiths and belief traditions. Alex contributes to BBC Radio 2’s Pause for Thought and was a member of the BBC’s Religion and Ethics Conference. Through the Carob Tree Project he has developed international community development and community relations projects. He chairs the English Football Association’s Faith Network and founded the human rights group René Cassin. alexgoldberg.eu
