Select committee: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Conclusion 1
First Report - The Covid-19 crisis and charities
Published 6 May 2020
Paragraph 9
Addressed to Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Impact of Covid-19 on the charity sector All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
We commend all those who are fundraising for, and donating to, charities during this crisis. Members of the public and businesses alike have stepped up to support this vital sector. Going forward, small and local charities will be invaluable in nurturing this community spirit; yet these are also the charities likely to face the most immediate financial pressures. It would be a perverse and highly regrettable outcome of the Covid-19 crisis if a lack of adequate support were to mean that, at this time of tremendous charitable endeavour, the nation lost the scale and diversity of organisations that makes the charity and voluntary sector so valuable to our society.
From: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, First Report - The Covid-19 crisis and charities (HC 281), paragraph 9, 6 May 2020
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 15 June 2020 (deadline 6 July 2020).