Analysis: Voluntary sector - A combined force for young people
Children & Young People Now
23 April 2008
With the announcement that youth charities Crime Concern and Rainer intend to merge, Alison Bennett asks their respective chief executives how the move is likely to affect those working for the organisations and the young people they aim to serve.
The merger of Rainer and Crime Concern looks set to create a new charity with more spending clout than the National Children's Bureau, YMCA England or the Children's Society. The two charities, scheduled to merge on 1 July, will have a combined total income of £42m for the current year - only slightly less than NCH's youth activities income. The...