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The Scottish Society for Autism’s 2010 Annual Review hints at its reliance on state funding, although it gives few actual figures:

…the Society derives the majority of its income from the fees paid, mainly by Local Authorities…

and:

Funding from the Scottish Government…allowed the Society to recruit and train instructors…

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A chart in the 2010 Annual Report indicates that income from donations and fundraising is only around £160,000 (having been nearly £2 million a few years ago), suggesting that the remaining 99% of the charity’s income now comes from the state.

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Mainly state funded, the Refugee Council also lobbies the state. In its 2010 annual report it says about itself:

The Refugee Council plays a key role in influencing asylum and refugee policy…challenging UK and European policies…through analysis, research, information and lobbying.

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Accounts for 2009/10 include the following state funding:

• Home Office (via UK Border Agency): £15.7 million
• Lottery: £1 million
• Department for Education (mostly via Training and Development Agency for Schools) : £681,000
• Norfolk County Council: £209,000
• Leeds City Council: £128,000
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• Total: £17.8 million (88% of all income)

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Mind combines contract and grant-funded work for the state with campaigning to bolster its own importance to the state, describing itself as:

…a force for change. We campaign vigorously to create a society that…

Nearly two hundred organizations combine nationally under the Mind brand, but they are not registered as subsidiaries with the Charity Commission.

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In February 2011 this charity announced its support for the government’s mental health strategy, quoting its joint Chief Executive, Bob Grove (whose c.v. includes four years working at the Department of Health):

We warmly welcome the Government’s commitment…

This was not very surprising, as the charity’s annual report in 2010 said that the charity:

…has continued to work closely with the Government’s Health, Work and Wellbeing programme to develop a national strategy for employment and mental health.

Bob was apparently welcoming the results of his own organisation’s work.

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The 2009/10 accounts show £2 million income from the Sainsbury group of charities, through the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Much of the rest, however, seems to come from the state in the form of “grants and consultancy fees”.

The exact sources of this funding are not revealed. Page 16 of the accounts, where the information might perhaps be found, is missing from the Charity Commission’s copy, and the charity does not appear to publish its accounts in full on its website.

• Employment Support Programme: £118,986
• Prisons & Criminal Justice: £223,735
• Research and Policy: £36,523
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• Total: £379,244 (15.7% of income)

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AfME spends nearly a quarter of its income on campaigning and PR (22% in 2009/10 according to its accounts) but it receives a hefty chunk of its funding from the state. In January 2010 it produced a “manifesto“:

…to draw the attention of the political parties to the issues which affect people with M.E.

It works closely with the All Party Parliamentary Group on ME, which:

…campaigns within Westminster to support the improvement of health, social care, education and employment opportunities…

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AfME’s funding in 2009/10 included:

• Scottish Executive: £8,000
• Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland (state funded): £10,400
• NHS Scotland (via Scottish Good Practice): £24,150
• Lottery: £126,314
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• Total: £168,864 (16.4% of income)

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A campaigning, lobbying organisation, this charity said of itself in its annual report for 2009 (emphasis added):

Changing public attitudes and influencing national policy are critical if we are to improve the standards of support and care provided by others. We have steadily increased this area of activity over recent years…

This charity receives around 90% of its income from the state — from the provision of services that are paid for by local government.

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The charity’s accounts for 2009/10 helpfully summarise (emphasis added):

Fee income, mainly from statutory bodies for delivery of services, accounted for 89.1% (87.5% in 2008/09) of income – that is £78.7m (£74.0m in 2008/09).

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Disability Alliance receives a high proportion of state funding, but also campaigns and lobbies the government. On its website, it says about itself:

Disability Alliance is a campaigning organisation. We are particularly concerned with disability, social care and tackling poverty.

We also play an important role in advising and lobbying the Government on matters concerning disability benefits, tax credits, social care and tackling poverty. Where necessary we also undertake research into the needs of disabled people and use findings to influence central and local Governments.

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Income received in 2009/10 included:

• HM Revenue & Customs: £76,000
• Department of Work & Pensions (via Remploy): £53,000
• Cabinet Office (via Capacity Builders): £10,000
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• Total: £139,000 (25% of income)

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The BFI is an offshoot of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). From a speech by the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP in November 2010:

…the BFI will be in charge of delivering the Government’s policy for film.

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Funding in the year 2009/10 included:

• DCMS (via UK Film Council): £20.2 million
• Lottery: £844,000
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• Total: £21 million (48.6% state funding)

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One of two “key local charities” in Leeds that met with Charities Minister Nick Hurd in January 2011. According to Labour MP for Leeds West, Rachel Reeves, they:

…identified the ways in which the Government can better harness their capacities, and deal with reforms to the NHS and the requirements of the Big Society.

Which seems to mean that they lobbied for more importance for themselves.

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Accounts for 2009/10 are for seven months.

• Leeds City Council: £89,686
• Leeds NHS Primary Care Trust: £71,118
• Dept. for Business, Innovation & Skills with Local Government Association, via National Institute of Adult Continuing Education: £21,557
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• Total: £182,361 (87% of total income)