A report said that voluntary sector organizations employing social care staff were frequently forced to supplement the local authority fees they received with voluntary income in order to cover their costs – against Charity Commission guidelines.
Source: Clare Smith, Social Care: Has Anything Changed? – A report into the recruitment and retention of the voluntary sector social care workforce, Social Care Employers' Consortium (020 3242 0200)
Links: Report | Personnel Today report
Date: 2008-Sep
A report said that there was a wide dispersal in charity investment performance. The importance of investment issues was widely underestimated, and the investment process was often under-resourced.
Source: Beth Breeze, Investment Matters: In search of better charity asset management, Institute for Philanthropy (020 7679 1504)
Links: Summary | Guardian report
Date: 2008-May
A report highlighted the problems faced by many small third-sector organizations that worked with children, young people, and families. 10 per cent of the organizations surveyed were closing or under serious threat of closure.
Source: Jordan Thompson, Under the Radar: A survey of small voluntary and community sector organisations working with children, young people and families, National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations (020 7833 3319)
Links: Report | NAVCA press release
Date: 2008-Mar