Nursery World - Children's charities hit hard by funding cuts

Some charities could close over the coming year and many will have to implement bracing measures as they face funding cuts of nearly half a billion pounds over the next five years, according to new research.

The report Beyond the Cuts, by the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) estimates that 34,000 charities in England that work primarily with children and young people will lose £405 million in statutory funding in the five years from 2011/12 to 2015/16.

It warns that children and young people’s charities are more vulnerable to these cuts as they are more reliant on statutory income and are four times less likely to receive corporate support.

A consultation of 74 children’s charities by the NCB into what changes to funding they are experiencing and how they are responding and adapting, reveals that a number of charities are cutting back on the number of staff they employ and the range of services they offer.

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