Redundancies are being made at UJIA as the Israel and educational charity budgets for a fall in income because of the recession.
Chief executive Doug Krikler said this week that, in light of changed financial circumstances, he would be undertaking a review of UJIA’s three-year plan to ensure that its programmes can be maintained.
“As with all charities in the current climate, we have looked at our cost base and taken steps to reduce our running costs, which have included measures on staffing.
One per cent of staff are being made redundant.” To date, three employees have lost their jobs but the charity is trying to keep numbers to a minimum through, for example, not replacing departing employees. It is also not bringing in people to cover for staff on maternity leave.
New schemes will be rolled out over two years rather than one and funding transferred more rapidly to new ventures from projects coming to an end.
According to Mr Krikler, UJIA’s three-year rolling programme meant that “we can adjust our spending plans for the coming years in advance rather than finding we haven’t got the money”.
Although the charity hopes to match last year’s £17 million fundraising total, it fears a 10 per cent fall in revenue.
