Council funding up by almost a third in Wales

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 5 July 2007

Funding for Welsh voluntary sector organisations from local councils has risen by 28 per cent in two years, according to new figures produced by the Local Government Data Unit for Wales.

The increase amounts to an extra £35m for the sector between 2004 and 2006, with Wales’s 22 councils providing over £160m in funding through grants and commissioning services over the period, as well as a further £30m in rate relief between 2005 and 2006. The research, conducted on behalf of...

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