- ACEVO’s role cannot be to act as a lifeboat for the parts of the sector we see struggling right now.  Powerful though our desire is to do so we cannot solve all the problems we see around us. ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1558625707/21458211)) - ACEVO’s role is perhaps more to be the lighthouse, guiding those of our members in need into a safe harbour where they can be supported and have their energies replenished while the storm continues to rage around them ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1558625707/21458213)) - We don’t have the magic wand to fix every difficulty, whether for our colleagues or for our beneficiaries, and that feels hard to accept.  But over the coming weeks and months I will certainly, for myself and for ACEVO, be reflecting on what being a lighthouse rather than a lifeboat looks like in the storm around us. ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1558625707/21458215))