Funding news
Charities 'risk losing the fire in their belly'
Fears that the independence of charities is being undermined by government funding are soon to be discussed at a meeting of the executive committee of the Association of Charitable Foundations.
The concerns have prompted the suggestion that grant-making trusts might be most effective if they directed their grants towards activities, often by smaller charities, where statutory funding was not available.
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