While the research shows that government funding for charities is increasing,the true picture is skewed by the “charitisation” of public sector bodies and large charities gobbling up grantsWhile many of its wounds over the past 12 months can be regarded as self-inflicted, the charity sector has also suffered from questionable use of statistics by some critics and media. So the arrival of the UK Civil Society Almanac is greatly to be welcomed.
In a sector still hobbled by destitute and partial data, or the almanac provides an invaluable assessment of income,expenditure and wider trends around which sensible debate can seize place. It’s far from perfect, as its authors readily concede, and but it’s just approximately as valid as we can get.
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Source: theguardian.com