The Ripple Effect, a new book by NCB, paints a picture of the children's voluntary sector as heavily reliant on government funding and less likely to receive funding from the private sector. Just over half of the children's voluntary sector relies on statutory funding, as opposed to only 38 per cent of the wider voluntary sector. Similarly, children's charities receive only one per cent of their funding from corporate sources, compared to an average of four per cent for the entire voluntary sector.
These factors combine to make the children's voluntary sector particularly vulnerable to the current funding environment that seeks to cut back on central government funding, with the shortfall met through private sector funding.
Dr Hilary Emery, chief executive of NCB, said: "This research suggests that children are the big losers, as cuts to government funding for local services start to bite."
- Download The Ripple Effect from www.ncb.org.uk/vss or buy a hard copy from www.ncb.org.uk/books
