The National Association of Voluntary and Community Action (Navca) could cut up to 18 jobs over the next six months following funding losses of around 50 per cent.

Navca faces funding cuts from Capacitybuilders and the Big Lottery Fund next year, which could trigger a 50 per cent drop in income from £3m this year to £1.5m in 2011.

Director of policy and communications at Navca, Neil Cleeveley (pictured), said it was currently going though consultation with staff over the possibility of 18 job cuts: “But we are trying to find ways of reducing this,” he said, “and looking at minimising the impact to staff and members.”

Navca funding from the Office for Civil Society (OCS) is also currently under review, as part of a strategic partner cull by the government department, the details of which are yet to be announced. In 2009, Navca got 16 per cent of its funding (£424,752) from the OCS.