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Do government grants restrict campaigning?
Howard Lake | 11 January 2001 | News
Although charities have broadly welcomed today’s announcement of £300m for volunteering by Chancellor Gordon Brown, there are some concerns about how much government might wish to place restrictions organisations it funds. Some charities, for example, are concerned that they might risk losing government funding if they criticise government policy or decisions.
Read Charities grill the government on volunteer plan by Nicola Hill at SocietyGuardian.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.