<p>Lucinda Rouse and Emily Harle discuss snippets from a <a href="https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/matt-downie-were-best-sector-when-were-bit-pushy/management/article/1952985" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recent interview</a> Emily conducted with Matt Downie, chief executive of the homelessness charity Crisis.</p><p>Matt provides insight into Crisis’ plan to buy a thousand homes in the next decade and become a landlord for people experiencing homelessness.</p><p>He shares his view that the voluntary sector is entering a ‘third wave’, which will require businesses and wider society to play a part in solving social problems, and questions the value that charitable status offers to social purpose organisations.</p><p>Tell us what you think of the Third Sector Podcast! Please take five minutes to let us know how we can bring you the most relevant, useful content. To fill in the survey, <a href="https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7102187/Third-Sector-Podcast-listener-survey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">click here</a>.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>