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

 

The Impact of the Economic Downturn on BAME Education Services

 

http://www.rota.org.uk/webfm_send/32

 

Charity funding cuts hit deprived areas hardest

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/mar/03/charity-funding-cuts-deprived-areas

 

 

Black and minority ethnic arts: the unfairest funding cuts of all?

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/apr/27/black-minority-ethnic-funding-cuts-theatre

State of the BME Sector

http://www.voice4change-england.co.uk/content/state-bme-sector-0

 

http://www.hillingdonconnected.org.uk/news/living-margins-impact-cuts-bme-services

 

http://sprc.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/BME-organisations-navigating-the-perfect-storm-A1.pdf

 

Voluntary Sector Cuts

As public sector funding cuts begin to bite, it is vital that their impact on the voluntary sector and the people it works with is understood. Voluntary Sector Cuts is a new collaborative project which maps intelligence about voluntary groups experiencing reductions in public sector funding.

If you're involved in a voluntary or community group which has been told its statutory funding will be reduced, you can be part of this work by sharing your story. Just fill in the simple form to share your experiences and the impact the cuts will have on the people who use your services. Your contribution will be crucial to building a wider picture of the scale of the challenge ahead in your community, your region, or nationally.

This vital data will be all the more powerful through being made available to everyone: any group can use the information in their campaigning and policy work, while citizens can see the real impact on the voluntary organisations in their area and the people they exist to serve.

More:

http://voluntarysectorcuts.org.uk/

 

Charities 'hit by funding cuts'

More than 2,000 charities across England have had their funding cut or withdrawn altogether by local councils, according to research.

The study by anti-cuts website False Economy was based on over 250 Freedom of Information requests responses.

The cuts total more than £110m in this year, but the final figure could be far higher, its report claimed.

Local government minister Bob Neil said the government was offering charities help to move away from state funding.

A quarter of all charities receive funding from the state and for some groups - such as employment and training organisations - it can make up the bulk of their income.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14366522

 

Cut and dried? What's the real impact of the government cuts to the UK voluntary and community sector?

There's been a lot of talk about the impact of the cuts on the voluntary sector in the press recently.  But are we really all lambs to the slaughter?  As we all return to work after the summer holidays and survey the future, Dr Catherine Walker, DSC's Head of STEAM, asks: Does the evidence about cuts back up all the scary rhetoric?

We hear constantly that the double knock of the continuing recession plus government cuts have hit many charities hard, but it's very difficult to get an accurate picture of exactly what is going on across the sector as a whole.

Last month (August), the trade union-backed website 'False Economy' published a report 'False Economy: Why cuts are the wrong cure' [external website] based on Freedom of Information requests which estimated that the voluntary sector will lose at least £110m in local authority funding this year.

http://www.dsc.org.uk/PolicyandResearch/News/CutanddriedWhatstherealimpactofthegovernmentcutstotheUKvoluntaryandcommunitysector

 

http://www.cfg.org.uk/~/media/Document%20library/15%20Strategy%20Development/01%20Strategic%20Planning/Public_Funding_Cuts_to_the_Third_Sector_0910CHSH0002.ashx

 

How economic austerity is affecting children's charities

http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2012/may/01/economic-austerity-childrens-charities

 

 

On Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 12:25, "FAIRER SOCIETY fairersociety@yahoo.com [MigrantCause]" <MigrantCause@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

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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