HELPING DISABLED CHILDREN ACROSS THE BOARD
This relatively small outfit - not to be confused with the mammoth Action for Children - provides support and specialist equipment to disabled children across the country. A highlight of 2007-08 was the success of the work-related learning programme, which helped almost 2,000 young people with work experience, training and other chances to learn. The annual report is refreshingly honest, giving the picture of a charity that's serious about being straight with its supporters. But the financial commentary is nonetheless rather thin.
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QUALITY OF REPORTING
What is this? |
 64 % |
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort. |
SIZE OF CHARITY...
What is this? |
 Medium |
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average. |
HIGHEST SALARY
What is this? |
 Under £60k |
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars. |
ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY
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 Unknown |
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel. |
But don't just take our word for it...
Action For Kids has invested heavily in staff resources in recent years and we are very proud that in 2006/7 we achieved the Investors in People Standard.
Reviewed: 2009-02-05 Accounts ending: 2008-03-31
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