# Funding & impact of government changes top charities’ concerns for 2018

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/12/22/funding-impact-government-changes-top-charities-concerns-2018/
- Published: 2017-12-22T08:00:39+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Charities are most concerned about ongoing pressures on funding and the impact
of government changes heading into 2018, research from Ecclesiastical has found.**

 

Continued pressure on funding is top of the list, according to [Ecclesiastical](http://www.ecclesiastical.com/‎),
with 84% of the charities surveyed concerned or very concerned about this issue,
followed by the impact of potential government changes at 72%.

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**Top 10 risks (charities who said they were concerned or very concerned):**

 

 1.  Funding 84%
 2.  Impact of Government changes 72%
 3.  Reputational risk 66%
 4.  GDPR/data protection 65%
 5.  Cyber/internet crime 63%
 6.  Grant providers 62%
 7.  Employer liability 53%
 8.  Exposure to social media 51%
 9.  Increased focus on governance 45%
 10. Impact of Brexit 44%

 

David Britton, charity director at Ecclesiastical, said:

 

> “This is a time of transformation with charities becoming ever more innovative
> in their fundraising and exploring new models and ways to engage. This, coupled
> with new regulation and increasing threats such as cyber-crime, means that charities
> are facing and taking more risks than ever before.
> “The important thing to remember is that good risk management and governance coupled
> with the right level of professional expertise can help charities to embrace new
> opportunities and mitigate the financial risks they are dealing with in a difficult
> and ever-changing economic climate.”

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