What is a world without charity?

<p>In November 2023, the finance officer of West Norfolk Carers came to a devastating realisation: after more than a year of rejected funding applications, the charity wouldn’t be able to stay afloat for longer than four months.</p><p>Several months earlier, the Lankelly Chase Foundation, a grantmaker tackling severe social disadvantage and extreme marginalisation, had reached a similarly terminal conclusion.</p><p>After finding that its very existence perpetuated past harms and injustices, the foundation’s leaders decided the best way forward was to shut down.</p><p>In the final episode of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/third-sector-launches-end-charity-podcast/article/1864791" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The End of Charity</a>, Lucinda Rouse is joined by Jane Evans and Julian Corner, the chief executives of West Norfolk Carers and Lankelly Chase, respectively, to ask: what’s next for the charity sector?</p><p>Rhodri Davies, Martha Awojobi and Eshe Kiama Zuri consider the road ahead for doing good, while Steve O’Donnell, a recipient of West Norfolk Carers’ services, lays out the impact of the recent rash of charity closures on vulnerable citizens.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/end-charity-transcript-world-without-charity/article/1870491" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read the transcript</a>.</p><br><p>If you have enjoyed The End of Charity, please consider&nbsp;<a href="https://podfollow.com/charity" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rating and reviewing the series</a>&nbsp;on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your podcast platform of choice.</p><br><p>Series writer and presenter: Lucinda Rouse</p><p>Editor: Emily Burt</p><p>Executive producer: Ollie Peart</p><p>Production manager: Louise Hill</p><p>Series producers: Riham Maged, Penny Bell, Matt Hill</p><p>Studio producers: Nav Pal, Inga Marsen, Til Owen</p><p>Art director: David Robinson</p><p>Videographer: Julian Dodd</p><p>Video producer: Til Owen</p><p>Sub-editor: Rachel Jerden-Cooke&nbsp;</p><p>Contributing editor: Andy Ricketts</p><p>Voicing support: Emily Harle, Dami Adewale</p><p>Concept developer: Rebecca Cooney</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>