Charities face crisis during UK shutdown as sports fundraising dries up

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The postponement of major sporting events during the coronavirus pandemic has left some British charities concerned about their survival, ...

The postponement of major sporting events during the coronavirus pandemic has left some British charities concerned about their survival, representatives have told Reuters, while others are worried about delivering services to vulnerable people.

The concern in the charity sector is widespread, with 50per cent of respondents to a survey from the Directory of Social Change reporting that their organisations would go bust within six months without additional help. Fluskey said the government's furlough scheme was of little use to charities that needed staff to provide support during the crisis, and suggested the administration provide a stabilisation fund to help organisations through this period.

She added that hospices had reported a dip in income worth 70 million pounds since the start of March and many would have to start cutting services if fundraising events continued to be cancelled."If events cannot run later in the summer I fear we’ll see services closing so we won’t be able to help all the people who need it at a time that demand is increasing quite dramatically. There will come a point when funds are just going to run out.

 

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