{"id":443,"date":"2025-05-12T12:59:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-backstory.co.uk\/?p=443"},"modified":"2025-05-12T12:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:59:50","slug":"reduced-funding-and-rising-costs-cause-charities-to-struggle-as-demand-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-backstory.co.uk\/?p=443","title":{"rendered":"Reduced funding and rising costs cause charities to struggle as demand increases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Olivia Chappell  \u2014 Group C, The Hot Topic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The charity sector has recently been facing the largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cafonline.org\/insights\/blog\/charities-blog\/challenges-and-opportunties-facing-charity-sector\">financial squeeze<\/a> since late last year, according to the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. The combination of the cost-of-living crisis and reduced funding has led to many charities falling short in meeting the high demand for their services. As the number of donations has decreased, charities have found it hard to stay afloat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safe and Sound in Dorset helps disadvantaged women with housing, food and therapy support. The charity offers a communal space in the form of a caf\u00e9 named \u2018The Well\u2019 where women can get \u00a320 worth of food and drink from the charity as well as engage in community events to help alleviate loneliness.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff member Flick Grant, 22, said: \u201cWe\u2019ve had to raise prices of food and drink so now when these women come in, they\u2019re not able to afford as much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This crisis has also affected larger charities such as \u2018The Big Give\u2019 which has partnered with the British Heart Foundation and Prama to encourage students to donate clothing, food, and electronics instead of leaving such items to go to landfill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bournemouth University representative of \u2018The Big Give\u2019, Gillian Lewis, 45, said: \u201cEver since Covid hit, donations have dropped. Students would much rather give to second-hand clothing companies now instead of charity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olivia Chappell \u2014 Group C, The Hot Topic The charity sector has recently been facing the largest financial squeeze since late last year, according to the National Council for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-the-hot-topic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/the-backstory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/charity-bins.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":510,"url":"https:\/\/the-backstory.co.uk\/?p=510","url_meta":{"origin":443,"position":0},"title":"Black Mirror&#8217;s seventh season opener compels the audience to reflect on the evils of capitalism","author":"Issy Nash","date":"May 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Favour Barry \u2014 Group B, Global Affairs Charlie Brooker\u2019s dystopian series Black Mirror has returned to our screens with its seventh season. 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