Why charities must be open to mergers and collaboration | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional

Why charities must be open to mergers and collaboration | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional: There are 163,000 charities, according to the Charity Commission, and thousands more voluntary organisations are recognised as charitable but are unregistered. Should there be so many? Companies merge to make more profit, public sector bodies are reorganised to provide better services – maybe charities should do the same. It is prudent to do so now when the economy is in recession and deep cuts are being made to public expenditure.