The Prince Update- September 14th 2020
Our writer Richard Prince shares his regular horizon scan of the sector news, flagging up developments, new funding and opportunities in the social sector for portfolio careerists and others to be aware of.
More than 16,000 jobs at risk in the community leisure sector
A survey carried out by Community Leisure UK, which represents charities, societies and community interest companies that provide leisure, sport and cultural services in the UK, found that 26 per cent of the contracted workforce, equivalent to to almost 7,000 jobs, is at risk because of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. It said half of the casual workforce, equal to more than 9,200 positions, is also under threat because of the outbreak.
The membership body said these potential job losses were in addition to more than 6,000 contracted and casual staff whose roles had already been made redundant or who had not been offered work. CLUK said the public leisure sector had been hit hard by Covid-19, with most venues having been closed for an extended period since March. It warned of dire consequences for the community leisure sector if a second lockdown had to be put in place, because many affected organisations have been forced to rely on dwindling reserves. “Current reserves, compared with pre-Covid levels, have dropped to 64 per cent, with an expectation that only 10 per cent of reserves will remain by the end of the current financial year, meaning most trusts will have insufficient working capital to operate.
https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/16000-jobs-risk-community-leisure-sector/management/article/1693188
Prince’s comment: Eastside Primetimers has a lot of experience working in this sector and it is very worrying to see so many leisure organisations suffering so much
NPC – a quick look at Charity care homes
Deaths in care homes during the Covid 19 crisis have forced the issue to the forefront of the national conversation. So what do we know about the charitable care sector and how it compares to other providers? Charity data is often hard to come by and harder to use once you’ve got it. But care homes in England though are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) who publish a range of data resources. NPC dived into this data to see what they could learn about how charity care homes compare with other providers.
Comparing charities with non-charities, the proportion rated “Outstanding” is the same across the two groups, but a larger proportion of charity care homes are rated “Good” and a smaller proportion have been found to “Require Improvement”. Broadly then, it looks like charities get better CQC ratings than other types of care home.
https://www.thinknpc.org/blog/charity-care-homes/
Prince’s comment: an interesting analysis, which also illustrates something we know at Eastside Primetimers – how hard it can be to get reliable and detailed data across the sectors we serve