Charities hit by triple whammy of financial pressures during the recessionMonday 5 March
New figures from the NCVO Almanac, supported by Civil Society Media, depict a charity sector struggling with the worst recession for fifty years. The figures, released today for the first time, show that charities were hit by £2.3 billion in rising costs purely as a result of inflation between 2008 and 2010. Speaking at the NCVO Annual Conference, Sir Stuart Etherington also highlighted the dramatic drop in the voluntary sector workforce, losing over 70,000 staff in the past year. |
Charities faced a "toxic mix of circumstances" over the past year, with increased demand for services, rising costs and an unprecedented fall in income, our Chief Executive said today.Home
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Speeches, presentations and photos from our Annual Conference
The NCVO Annual Conference was trending on Twitter on Monday (Twitter hashtag #ncvoac). See what the fuss was all about by reading the speeches and presentations on our Annual Conference blog. Read more
NCVO member of the day
Work This Way
This registered charity and social enterprise company aims to provide training, work experience, employment opportunities and support to prisoners approaching the end of their sentence.
"Our goal is to improve offenders’ employability, help offenders into employment and reduce the risk of their re-offending."
Based in Guildford.
www.workthisway.org.uk
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NCVO gears up for Climate Week 2012Monday 27 February
The session will feature a presentation on the global dimensions of the issue from Alison Doig, Senior Adviser on Climate Change and Sustainable Development at Christian Aid, an update on our vulnerable people and climate change project, the launch of a month-long carbon reduction competition for staff and a low carbon lunch. |
Joint letter urges Chancellor to support sector in the BudgetThursday 23 February
We have written a joint letter along with other leading voluntary sector organisations to ask the Chancellor to put in place a set of simple measures to help the sector weather the current financial storm, ahead of his budget statement on 21 March. The letter reminds the Chancellor of the important contribution voluntary organisations and social enterprises make to the UK economy and our society, and expresses concern that organisations are still being hit disproportionately by the worsening financial climate and the speed and scale of cuts in public expenditure: |
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