A perfect storm of rising prices, rising poverty, and fewer services is making life so challenging for so many families and children. The same storm is also making it harder than ever for the organisations that support families to survive.
With depressing prescience “Perfect Storm” was the title of a Children England report over a decade ago. The report drew attention to the rising need for charitable support alongside reduced public sector investment and greater competition for available funds. Since then, the storm has only intensified with its latest casualty being Children England itself forced to close after 80 years of campaigning for children. The scaffolding of infrastructure around charities continues to erode.
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