{"id":5086,"date":"2020-04-21T10:58:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T09:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sspssr-news-events\/?p=5086"},"modified":"2020-04-29T10:59:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T09:59:34","slug":"new-book-explores-a-decade-of-change-for-childrens-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sspssr-news-events\/2020\/04\/21\/new-book-explores-a-decade-of-change-for-childrens-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"New book explores a decade of change for children\u2019s charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Increasing\u00a0<strong>demand<\/strong>\u00a0for early intervention support, driven by rising<strong>\u00a0poverty levels<\/strong>\u00a0and a growing\u00a0<strong>inequality gap<\/strong>\u00a0has resulted in greater\u00a0<strong>demands on charities<\/strong>\u00a0to support some of the country\u2019s most\u00a0<strong>vulnerable children<\/strong>. At the same time there have been shifts in the policies for preventative services and local authority spend has declined, leaving many local charities\u00a0<strong>in crisis<\/strong>. This has a natural knock on effect on traditional organisational structures such as education, health and social care.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/social-policy-sociology-social-research\/people\/1861\/www.kent.ac.uk\/social-policy-sociology-social-research\/people\/1861\/body-alison\">Dr Body<\/a>\u00a0therefore argues that there was no time like the present to release \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk\/childrens-charities-in-crisis\">Children\u2019s Charities in Crisis: Early Intervention and the State<\/a>\u2019, which presents original research spanning 2008\u20132018 drawing on the\u00a0<strong>relationship<\/strong>\u00a0between\u00a0<strong>children\u2019s charities<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>the state<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With insights from 80 individuals from across 40 micro-to-major children\u2019s charities delivering children\u2019s early intervention-type services and 20 Commissioners responsible for commissioning some of these charities\u2019 services, Body shares the\u00a0<strong>lived experiences<\/strong>\u00a0of those working with and on the\u00a0<strong>frontline<\/strong>\u00a0of children\u2019s charities.<\/p>\n<p>The book pays close attention to\u00a0<strong>commissioning<\/strong>\u00a0and the ways that contracts are secured, deliberating the\u00a0<strong>bureaucratic powers<\/strong>\u00a0involved. It looks at children\u2019s charities\u2019 struggles to\u00a0<strong>act independently<\/strong>\u00a0and speak out with a<strong>\u00a0critical voice<\/strong>\u00a0and suggests how\u00a0<strong>collaborative change<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0<strong>imperative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Children\u2019s Charities in Crisis: Early Intervention and the State\u2019 by Dr Alison Body, is available from Policy Press:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk\/childrens-charities-in-crisis\">https:\/\/policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk\/childrens-charities-in-crisis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>To those of us who\u2019ve lived, worked and breathed the children\u2019s charity sector for the last decade, this will be an authentic picture of what\u2019s happening and why. To any reader who wants to learn about us, this pretty much covers it all<\/em>!\u2019\u00a0<strong>\u2013 Kathy Evans, CEO, Children England<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increasing\u00a0demand\u00a0for early intervention support, driven by rising\u00a0poverty levels\u00a0and a growing\u00a0inequality gap\u00a0has resulted in greater\u00a0demands on charities\u00a0to support some of the country\u2019s most\u00a0vulnerable children. 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