Its been an interesting start to the year for the third
sector. As we all get to grips with GDPR (more later), we have been subject to
increased media attention as first we reeled from President’s Club revelations
to the far deeper impact of this week’s revelations about Oxfam (and others).
There is much that can be written. Undoubtedly there are
some in media and politics who will seek to exploit the 1/3 of us who don’t
think aid should be sent overseas to change policy off the back of bad
behaviour by some people. We could face a drop in giving to international
development, as supporting Oxfam is no longer seen as acceptable (like buying a
plastic bag). I suspect this will recover at some point, possibly in different
form.
However, there is a deeper moral crisis for third sector
organisations and my fear is that Christian charities are not immune.
To explore this let me go back a month. The President’s Club-
where charities were set to receive significant amounts of money from an…
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