The Charities Aid Foundation proposed, in the wake of yesterday’s Budget, that the suggested Gift Aid reform could raise more than £700m for the sector. They’ve produced some detailed calculations to support this thesis. But I’m not sure they’re right.
Monthly Archives: March 2013
This year’s Budget is more middle of the road
Every year, when the Chancellor stands up to speak, you get a sense of a set of dice settling in the cup. Is this going be a good Budget for the voluntary sector? Because despite all the predictions and expectations, it’s pretty much down to a dice roll whether a Budget turns out well.
Capping charity admin costs is a very bad idea
In the last week, from two very different sources, we’ve had proposals that the charity sector should keep itself to a minimum level of administration costs. The first came from the philanthropist Gina Miller, who’s said the sector should keep its admin spending to below 25 per cent. The second, a bit more worryingly, came… Read more »
Let’s ditch workfare and introduce the Community Allowance instead
Once upon a time there was a great idea for helping the unemployed into work. It was called the Community Allowance, and various well-intentioned people spent years trying to make it happen.
The sector isn’t going to get smaller contracts, so it needs to win big ones
Last week, Chris Grayling told a meeting of the House of Commons justice committee that he wanted contracts in his department’s new payment-by-results probation scheme to be small enough for voluntary sector organisations towin them.