The Clink Charity, which trains prisoners in catering, is preparing to bid to the Ministry of Justice to continue running its HMP Brixton restaurant but a charity sector expert has said that "the current public sector procurement programme actively stacks the decks against charities".
Stephen Bubb, executive director of the Gradel Institute of Charity, suggests this situation highlights the difficulties for charities to compete in the procurement process and calls for an urgent overhaul. See more here.