Nursery World - Cuts hit children's charities hard, finds survey

Children's charities have been left 'squeezed' by cuts of more than
£150m to their Government funding over a period of 12 months,
warns a new report.

The latest survey of charity accounts shows income from Government fell by £152.6m for charities that primarily work with children and young people between 2012 and 2013.

The Children's Partnership and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, which are behind the survey, warn that the shortfall in funding is hitting charities working with children hard. It says this is because Government funding accounts for a greater proportion of income for these charities than it does for the voluntary sector as a whole, making them particularly vulnerable to any reductions.

According to The Nature of the Children and Young People's Voluntary Sector in England, Government funding was the second largest source of income to the children and young people sector, with Government contracts and grants accounting for 42 per cent of core income. However, in 2012/13 funding from central Government accounted for less than 30 per cent of the sector's income, while local Government funding accounted for more than 60 per cent of income.

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