Does the government need to fund it?
“Charities need to talk to the government on its own terms” advise the authors of the Proving your worth to Whitehall, report published in August by New Philanthropy Capital.
This means getting inside the minds of the Whitehall cost cutters, and taking a long hard look at why it is worthy of not only retaining its statutory funding but possibly even being scaled up.
“The Treasury questions are not designed with charities in mind, but we think that charities are capable of answering them” say the report’s authors.A helpful example of how to do this effectively has been set out using Volunteers in Child Protection, a project run by Community Service Volunteers, as an example.
Question 3, “Does it provide substantial economic value”, makes the point that the children helped by the charity have not had to return to the Child Protection Register, saving the public purse £3,270 in social work allocation, £1,180 in assessments costs and a potential £2,000 per week if the child is taken into care.
This makes the charity’s work costs of £2,400 per family per year look compelling value for money.
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