Leaders described a “truly sad day for the sector” as Children England’s chief executive Kathy Evans said she was “proud of the decisiveness of our board in knowing when it’s time to call it a day”.
“We know we aren’t the first, nor likely to be last, purposeful organisation that will have to grasp the necessity of closing this year, despite still believing passionately in the value and importance of what they do,” she said.
Mark Russell, chief executive of the Children’s Society, was among the first to pay tribute to the work of the charity which launched as the National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations (NCVCCO) in 1942.
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