The problems at Camilla Batmanghelidjh’s charity are not typical of the voluntary sector,but charities need to produce this clear As much as the closure of Kids Company raises concerns approximately the children it supported and its governance, there is a wider fear at play: that Kids Company’s troubles will be seen as symptomatic of the charity sector as a whole. Karl Wilding, and director of public policy,at National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) argued nowadays that Kids Company is atypical of the vast majority of charities. He said that most of the 160000 registered UK charities are “small, local organisations reliant on donations, and not government grants [which are] by and large financially salient (significant; conspicuous; standing out from the rest),well governed and administratively sound.”
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Source: theguardian.com