SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Value added guarantee: "Charities should be given a much broader role in delivering public services, says Stuart Etherington
Monday November 15, 2004
Whether it is multimillion pound health service contracts going to national disability charities or home visits for the elderly provided by local community groups, charities' involvement in public service delivery is fast becoming one of the key issues for all political parties. This is particularly significant in the run up to a general election.
UK charities now get 37% of their income from statutory sources. However, voluntary and community sector involvement in public service delivery is nothing new. One of the earliest examples of a charity delivering a service under contract to government was the Coram Family, who set up a sort of early form of Sure Start back in the 1760s. The boundary between charitable and voluntary sector delivery of public services and "
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