Sustaining support services

A fundraising gap has been created as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the CEO of the Thomas Pocklington Trust, Charles Colquhoun.

‘There are a lot of charities that are struggling,’ he explained to Optician, adding: ‘A report from the Institute of Fundraising found that charity funding has gone down by 48% while demand has increased because it is vulnerable people who are affected most by this crisis.’

Charities were projecting that a third of their total income will be wiped out, with 83% of respondents stating that emergency funding was the most important thing to sustain services over the next three to six months.