Norfolk Community Health & Care Charitable Fund’s Post

Our newest blog is looking at the possible changes that might impact charities and non-profits. There are many areas of government policy and changes that could have an impact, such as funding and support, policy changes, extra focus on sectors that charities support (homelessness, education, mental health, poverty, environment or welfare for example). Check out the full blog and then watch this space for further updates. https://lnkd.in/eyXpiQ5z #thecharityspark #labourgovernment #charity #nonprofit #newgovernment #charitychanges

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To fix social care, or not? We speak on behalf of the frail elderly and disabled, a rapidly growing number. We also speak as to caring for others, which is why we came into social care. The government knows the problem, knows the cost and solutions, but avoids them. It's no only done nothing to address the challenges, worse still, it's made policy decisions that will directly reduce care quality, care provision and in an increasing number of cases, any care at all, which will have catastrophic consequences. Why have a Care Act to support people if it's ignored. Why have a cost of care exercise if it's ignored. Why have a regulator if it's ignored. Our system is riddled with contradictions, anachronisms and hypocrisy. Worst of all, as a society, it seems the government is content that we are just caring less and less. Inflation alone (not levels of dependency, complexity or even expectation), which are probably higher still), between 2010 to 2024 was circa 75.6% in 14 years (ave c5.0%). (Hargreaves Lansdown - although different Matrix vary from 53% to 75.6%). In 2010, there were 1.4 million people in the UK aged 85 and over; this number will be 2.3 million next year (ONS) (circa 64%) in 15 years (average 4.26% p.a.). The average now, in residential care, is invariably into the 90's. Yet Local Authority social care expenditure only increased by a paltry circa £2.7m between 2010/11 and 2022/23, just circa a 12.3% increase in 12 years, average 1% p.a. People denied care is rising, a number stated to be near 2m currently, and set to get dramatically worse.

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I am starting to wonder if the Charity Commission for England and Wales needs to add categories of membership to stop some of these damaging headlines and help the public understand the sector better. Because I read this and my hearts sinks, because I know what the implications of the piece will be. All because 19 charities (out of 170,000) paid 44 people (out of a workforce of over a million) more than £400,000. Yes it is a huge sum but it is worth noting that 20 of these come from Wellcome Trust who have a turnover of >£500million and won't be in receipt of individual donations. And a handful more come from Nuffield Health whose £1billion+ turnover would dwarf most private sector companies. As a sector we need to do more to educate the public on the modern day role that charities play in society, but I can't help but think that we might also need a better way of categorising the 'super charities' so that it is clear that charity in the year 2025 takes many forms - and this is not a representative one.

The Charity Commission looks like it is waving a large stick covered in tar, which is unhelpful guidance (threat?) for Trustees of small and medium sized charities (the vast majority of charities) who, in my experience, are trying to ensure they attract the right CEO to survive first and then thrive. The right CEO is hard to find and, whilst average salaries are significantly lower than the private sector, market dynamics are just as competitive.

Such an important point here by Phil Kerry about the damage done by these misleading headlines about charity CEO salaries, and the truth behind the numbers. And yes, the Charity Commission should categorise charities better - but more than that, our sector would be much better off if they stopped periodically throwing red meat to the right wing press, knowing exactly what the results will be. Because the results are always the same - wilful oversimplification of the data to intentionally erode public trust. A bit like those periodic headlines about "mega rich charities" that are actually funders which make use of a huge endowment to give grants to the sector. There's nothing wrong with debating how much charities of different sizes should pay their CEOs, and how much of their endowments funders should pay out. But we rarely have proper debates, we just have pile-ons.

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No doubt this story will cause X, formerly known as Twitter, to go into a periodic meltdown about charity sector salaries. Thousands will make posts claiming they'll be cancelling direct debit donations to charities, that they probably don't even have in place. But few are left on that site that can put the matter in perspective. Phil has done a good job putting the latest attempt to create a scandal out of a molehill in context, but the sector needs to communicate more robustly and openly about pay as a whole. However, I don't see the likes of The Telegraph getting uppity and upset about the issue of low and stagnant pay that affects many people who work for causes. Or the fact that a recent survey found that 46% of charity sector job adverts posted on LinkedIn failed to include salary details. Perhaps it thinks charity sector workers don't have bills to pay, and can survive on a diet of air and raindrops? Perhaps there's a need for a new campaign, #GrowTheSalary, to be run alongside a revived and reinvigorated #ShowTheSalary?