Agenda item

Questions on Matters Relating to the Work of the Committee

Minutes:

The Deputy Chair asked a question regarding the CBT view of those charities who have furloughed their employees and thereby reduced costs, but have also reduced their capability, and whether there was any stigma attached to such actions which might impact any decision to fund them in the future.

 

The CGO responded that early on in the COVID-19 CBT developed common lines for funding managers to signpost organisations to resources such as emergency funding or legal advice. Organisations had been considered on a case-by-case basis and where they had advised on furloughed staff that were funded by CBT, grants had been reprofiled and the risk of double-funding avoided. The CGO further advised that it was hoped there would not be stigma attached to use of the furlough scheme and that funders would join CBT in taking a sympathetic stance, with further conversations on the impact of COVID-19 and learning points still to come.