HELPING SMALLER CHARITIES IN THE UK TO WEATHER THE STORM
Paul Fry is a CAF Private Client who has had a CAF Charitable Trust for over 16 years. Along with Paul’s regular giving, he was keen to explore the challenges that face the charitable sector. Paul’s desire was to focus on supporting small to medium sized charities in the UK. The turbulent economic climate and cuts in government spending have increased the pressure on small and medium sized charities as they respond to an ever-increasing demand for their services. Paul was a pioneer in addressing this need with CAF and helped to launch CAF Resilience, a new pilot “grants-plus” programme to build capacity in smaller UK charities.
Paul’s donation from his CAF Charitable Trust helped kick-start this exciting initiative. He liked the potential the programme has to make a difference to both the charities selected on the pilot and to the wider charitable sector.