[AfricaRealities.com] Call for election pledge: Tackling the hidden and alarming inequality in the UK voluntary sector

 

Call for election pledge: Tackling  the hidden and alarming inequality in the UK voluntary sector

 

For the last five years in Government, the PM  David Cameron has not been able to address the problem of inequality in the voluntary sector:

 

·      The UK voluntary sector is a system that exploit ordinary people, young people and other unemployed people in the name of volunteering.

 

·      In the UK voluntary sector, there are  also higher earners who spend  their time in  fundraising to keep their salaries high and the funding they get are kept in reserves without being used to provide services

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·      The rest of the employees are on low pay, sessional and part-time jobs, consultancy jobs. They are not enrolled to any pension scheme.

 

·      The voluntary  organisations run  by Black, Asian. Muslim  and Minority Ethnic Communities have been  the most affected by inequality in the voluntary sector  because of the discrimination in  funding system of the voluntary sector prevent them from accessing to funding.  However, these groups are used by well funded larger networks to attend meetings, workshops, conferences  that could  a whole day without any pay or provision of transport fees.

 

·      Since the PM David Cameron took power, more than 80 % of the voluntary organisations run by Black, Asian. Muslim  and Minority Ethnic Communities have closed down. This can  be checked on  the Charity Commission's website  where annual returns provided by BME organisations show NIL in the annual accounts of the last  five years.

 

·      Since  Mr. David Cameron took power, many Trusts and Foundations, Government Funding programmes and Big Lottery Fund which is the largest funder for the voluntary sector scrapped all funding schemes that were  targeting Black, Asian. Muslim  and Minority Ethnic voluntary groups. In 2010, The London Councils withdrew funding from all BME organisations that were funded for  projects that were supposed to end in 2012. Since then, no other funding programmes for London Voluntary sector has been launched by London Councils.

 

·      The disproportionate higher unemployed  within Black, Asian and Muslim Communities is partly due to the  funding  cuts in the voluntary sector and discrimination of Black, Asian and Muslim Voluntary groups in accessing to funding in the voluntary sector and banking system. Everyone have to find ways of  curbing immigration to the UK including discrimination as a way for discouraging people to come to UK.

 

Recommendations:

 

•     All leaders  of political parties should pledge to tackle inequality in the voluntary sector

•     Volunteers, unemployed people, Black, Asian. Muslim  and Minority Ethnic Communities should be paid at least  £50 per day when attending  meetings, workshops and conferences organised by other  larger voluntary organisations, Local Authorities and other  Government Institutions.

•     All leaders of political parties should pledge to fighting discrimination in the funding system and programmes of the voluntary sector.

 

 

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