Chris Wright, chief executive of Catch22, responds to criticism about large charities’ relationships with smaller ones and sets out how his charity sets out to work collaboratively with others.
These past few weeks we have been exposed to media focusing on the lack of support for small charities and how these organisations are being shut-out and used as ‘bid candy’ by big charities. William Shawcross, chair of the Charity Commission, said in a public speech the other week that small charities were often “eclipsed by the big brand organisations”.