But the IPPR report, Can the Big Society be a Fair Society?, reminds us that voluntary and community organisations in the Midlands and the North are much more dependent on public funding than those in the relatively affluent South - and of course this public funding has been cut.
The double bind is that philanthropy is skewed heavily towards London and the South, because that is where wealthy people and cash-rich companies tend to be located. The triple bind is that philanthropists tend to want to see "new" or "high-profile" activity for their donations - so one-off projects are easier to fund than core business, and the Royal Shakespeare Company has a higher profile than Dudley Little Theatre.
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