Collectively know as the Third Sector, Not-For-Profit Sector or Charity Sector in my view all these are damming with faint praise. Third rate, unprofessional, begging! More accurately I think we should be referred to as the First Sector. After all the 190,000 charities in England and Wales contribute £32 billion each year and employ around 608,000 people. The work we do underpins society and could be seen as an ever more important key stone for government. Should charities provide services previously funded by government? Do we really know what constitues a charity? How do we know which charity to support?Tuesday, 22 July 2008
First not Third
Collectively know as the Third Sector, Not-For-Profit Sector or Charity Sector in my view all these are damming with faint praise. Third rate, unprofessional, begging! More accurately I think we should be referred to as the First Sector. After all the 190,000 charities in England and Wales contribute £32 billion each year and employ around 608,000 people. The work we do underpins society and could be seen as an ever more important key stone for government. Should charities provide services previously funded by government? Do we really know what constitues a charity? How do we know which charity to support?
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