Major youth charities to merge

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector, 23 April 2008

Crime Concern and youth support charity Rainer, which both work with young people in deprived communities, are to merge on 1 July. The new organisation will have 1,100 staff and an income of £42m, making it the 119th largest charity in England and Wales and enhancing its ability to campaign and compete for funds.

The merged charity will temporarily be known as Rainer Crime Concern, but a staff consultation is expected to produce a new name before the end of the year. Joyce Moseley, chief executive of Rainer, will take the helm of the new organisation. Clare Checksfield, chief executive of Crime Concern, is...

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