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:
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More than 2,000 charities across England have had their funding cut or withdrawn altogether by local councils, according to research.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.
Cut and dried? What's the real impact of the government cuts to the UK voluntary and community sector?
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.
How economic austerity is affecting children's 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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