Over half of the public against charities doing more public service delivery1

Finance | Vibeka Mair | 9 Nov 2010

Over half of the public do not want charities and social organisations to take on a bigger role in public service delivery, according to new research from Zurich Municipal and Ipsos MORI.

Ipsos MORI, on behalf of Zurich, quizzed 998 people on their views on the charity sector.

It found that three in five people (59 per cent) believed that charities and social organisations should not take on a bigger role in public service delivery.

It also found that 31 per cent of respondents were concerned that cuts could lead to fewer donations and a similar proportion (33 per cent) felt that maintaining a workable level of donations will be an increasing challenge.

One in five people (19 per cent) people also believe that charities will find it challenging to keep to their purpose in the coming years.

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Carl Allen
9 Nov 2010

In the short and medium term, much of the market for charities entering or expanding delivery of public sector services looks like a bubble for many would be entrants.

Successful entrants will have to demonstrate the capability to forecast, to accurately cost the new business and to understand the cost drivers in their chosen business model.

Unfortunately, not many would be entrants will have the patience to do the above i.e. few will do all their given homework properly and fewer yet will do the advanced questions that are optional.

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