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Charities are 'withering on the vine', says Peacock
By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 19 November 2008
Up to 90,000 registered charities are "withering on the vine", according to Geraldine Peacock, former chair of the Charity Commission.
Peacock, who was chair of the commission between July 2004 and January 2006, told the audience at the Third Sector Excellence Awards last night: "You could get rid of 90,000 charities from the register. Less is more. Having that many confuses the public."
She also told Third Sector that the commission needed to make it harder to become a charity. She said charities should be required to prove their distinctiveness when they applied for registration and should be charged a small fee.
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One Small Voice?, 19 November 2008, 11:27
I find myself in the exceedingly unusual position of agreeing with someone who's occupied a senior post at the Charity Commission. Will wonders never cease?![Report this post]
Mike Ellis, 19 November 2008, 15:06
Might be a good idea if the Charity Commission looked more closely at the NSPCC and just how it is that they are fast becoming part of a nanny state in the making at the expence of Parental Responsibility Rights[Report this post]
One Small Voice?, 20 November 2008, 13:57
OK, that's a reasonable opinion to hold about the NSPCC (not that I neccessarily agree with it. However I'm puzzled as to what you think the particular compliance issue might be. Good god, surely I can't be sticking up for the Commission again![Report this post]
David Holmes, 21 November 2008, 11:35
All charities started small. Many serve a local need, satisfy that need then die. It is called natural selection. Does the Charity Commission really want to play god so that civil servants determine who is distinctive using a set of bureauocratic rules. The Commission is overstretched and underfunded so the desire to restrict the flow of new charities is understandableDavid Holmes
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