North East charities face closure

North East charities and voluntary groups are struggling to survive and are facing closure according to a survey carried out by VONNE last month. Since the economic downturn 2 years ago VONNE has been measuring the impact of the recession and the subsequent public sector spending cuts on the North East’s Voluntary and Community Sector, [...]

Future bleak for North East charities

The North East’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged communities are set to lose out in 2010 as charities struggle to cope with the ongoing recession, says a report out at the turn of the year.

Voluntary organisations find demand soaring as they continue to be squeezed by the recession according to the results of a new survey into the impact of the recession on the third sector in the North East.