# Charities' public service role could threaten donations, say CAF

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/11/12/charities039-public-service-role-could-threaten-donations-say-caf/
- Published: 2004-11-12T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Donations to UK charities could fall if more charities begin providing public services,
according to CAF’s Chief Executive, Stephen Ainger, because donors could be confused
by the blurring line between state and voluntary sector.

 

Speaking at CAF’s annual conference yesterday, he said: “the question is whether
an increased focus on charities and mainstream services will serve to confuse people
even more – leading to doubts as to whether some charities are really independent
or have simply become agents for the delivery of a government’s priorities.

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“If they know that more and more of their favourite charities are state funded to
deliver direct services, will they stop giving or switch their support to other 
bodies?”

 

 

You can read Stephen Ainger’s speech in full at the CAF Web site, which now sports
the charity’s new branding.

 

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