UK care charities 'may be hit' by public funding cuts
Domiciliary care insurance
19th February 2009
Charities that provide domiciliary care in the UK could see their income decline sharply as a result of cuts in public funding, it has emerged.
According to the National Council for Voluntary Organisations' (NCVO) Civil Society Almanac 2009, the proportion of income received by charities from grants and voluntary donations has declined by just over 40 per cent.
Meanwhile, the level of income earned through sales of goods and through service contracts increased by five per cent to £17 billion.
Around 42 per cent of the industry's government contracts were accounted for by social services charities, organisations which would be hit particularly hard by any cuts in public sector funding.
The NCVO's Civil Society Almanac provides a range of statistics and facts regarding various parts of civil society, such as the voluntary sector.
According to the organisation, civil society organisations employ more than 1.35 million people in the UK.
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