Barnardos seeks to cut €800k off budget

The country’s largest children’s charity is looking for voluntary redundancies in an effort to trim up to €800,000 from its budget, with Barnardos admitting it needs to make savings “to keep the show on the road”.

Barnardos chief executive Fergus Finlay yesterday said that staff had until Nov 5 to consider voluntary redundancy and that applications would then be assessed ahead of the new year.

Barnardos, which has an annual budget of €24m and about 420 staff, has seen a reduction in State funding and donations in the past two years.