The figures, obtained by anti-cuts campaign group False Economy through freedom of information requests into cuts being made by local councils in 2011/12, revealed that the voluntary sector will lose more than £110m in local authority funding this year.
Organisations that provide services for children and young people are the largest single group affected by the reductions, with £17 million out of the total of £110 million of cuts hitting more than 200 child-related charities and groups.
The responses from 265 local councils also showed that all charities and voluntary groups have had their funding cut by at least five per cent, with many losing one hundred percent of their funding.
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