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If an NGO Goes Bust Without Government Money is it Really an N- GO?

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If An NGO Goes Bust Without Government Money Is It Really An N- GO? Environmental Protection UK It Not Independent

THE definition of NGO is Non-Governmental Organisation. Supposedly those nice people outside politics with ideas about how to make the world a better place who campaign to make the world a better place.

Which makes this slightly odd:

The UK’s oldest environmental NGO has been forced to close after government cuts to local authority budgets drastically reduced its income.

Formed as the Coal Smoke Abatement Society at the end of the nineteenth century, Environmental Protection UK provided expert analysis on air quality and, more recently, contaminated land and waste issues. But over the past two years, the Brighton-based charity has faced severe financial challenges due to the coalition’s cuts to local authorities, which purchase its products and services.

If an NGO cannot survive without government money is it in fact a non-governmental anything at all?

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Posted: 28th, November 2011 | In: Money | Comment (1)