The announced closure of children’s charity umbrella body Children England has left the voluntary sector reeling and raised fears about the financial sustainability of charitable organisations in general.
In a statement issued to CYP Now on Wednesday 20 September, Children England’s leaders said it had become a “necessity” to close by the end of the year because of the “extraordinarily difficult economic circumstances the whole nation is experiencing”.
On the face of it the closure of Children England doesn’t seem significant: it has a skeleton staff of just five people and didn’t deliver front line services. However, its longevity – it was created in 1942 as the National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations (NCVCCO), a name it kept until 2008 – meant it had symbolic significance.
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