Kevin Curley used his final speech at Navca’s annual conference yesterday to criticise the “strange and confused” relationships that have developed between charities and private companies.
Curley, who retires as chief executive of the local infrastructure organisation in March, said some voluntary sector partnerships with companies appeared to be at odds with their purposes of tackling disadvantage and discrimination.
He used the government’s Work Programme, which involves about 300 voluntary organisations, as an example.
“Is this what an independent local voluntary sector should be doing?” said Curley. “Helping G4S and A4e to maximise their profits from welfare-to-work schemes? Do we really want our relationship with the state brokered for us by the private sector?”
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