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❓ How are UK Charities feeling as we progress through 2024? The Kreston UK charities report has just been published, identifying trends such as income diversification, recruitment hurdles and funding. #CharityTrends #UKCharities #Funding #Trustees

❓ How are UK Charities feeling as we progress through 2024? The Kreston UK charities report has just been published, identifying trends such as income diversification, recruitment hurdles and funding. #CharityTrends #UKCharities #Funding #Trustees

❓ How are UK Charities feeling as we progress through 2024? The Kreston UK charities report has just been published, identifying trends such as income diversification, recruitment hurdles and funding. #CharityTrends #UKCharities #Funding #Trustees

❓ How are UK Charities feeling as we progress through 2024? The Kreston UK charities report has just been published, identifying trends such as income diversification, recruitment hurdles and funding. #CharityTrends #UKCharities #Funding #Trustees

❓ How are UK Charities feeling as we progress through 2024? The Kreston UK charities report has just been published, identifying trends such as income diversification, recruitment hurdles and funding. #CharityTrends #UKCharities #Funding #Trustees

❓ How are UK Charities feeling as we progress through 2024? The Kreston UK charities report has just been published, identifying trends such as income diversification, recruitment hurdles and funding. #CharityTrends #UKCharities #Funding #Trustees

❓ How are UK Charities feeling as we progress through 2024? The Kreston UK charities report has just been published, identifying trends such as income diversification, recruitment hurdles and funding. #CharityTrends #UKCharities #Funding #Trustees

❓ How are UK Charities feeling as we progress through 2024? The Kreston UK charities report has just been published, identifying trends such as income diversification, recruitment hurdles and funding. #CharityTrends #UKCharities #Funding #Trustees

❓ How are UK Charities feeling as we progress through 2024? The Kreston UK charities report has just been published, identifying trends such as income diversification, recruitment hurdles and funding. #CharityTrends #UKCharities #Funding #Trustees

People often ask me to explain what a community foundation does. At its simplest, County Durham Community Foundation gets money in and then gets it out to the small, essential but all too often underfunded grassroot charities that are intimately connected to and trusted by their communities. Charities that do everything asked of them and more. Charities that rely on a few passionate staff, lots of volunteers and a 'well, we just have to...if not us, then who' mindset. This report from The Centre for Social Justice is short but brings together all too familiar stats to us. A few headlines: - 85 per cent of all charitable income in England and Wales goes to just 4 per cent of registered charities - average expenditure for small charities has risen by almost 12 per cent post-pandemic, compared with only a 3 per cent rise in income - the 10 biggest charities spend more on fundraising alone (£243 million) than the combined total income of over 75,000 smaller charities - 75 per cent of the sector’s total income flows to just 1 per cent of charities- charities in London receive up to 8 times more public funding than elsewhere in the country Sobering stats as we enter a new budget year, a year when I expect we will support near enough 600 small charities again in County Durham alone, all doing vital work. Thats a lot of small charities in just one part of the UK doing tough work that is getting tougher every single day. UK Community Foundations #enrichinglives #smallbutvital