Poppy Coburn analyses the worrying activities of the Radical chic charities

BROWSING LINKEDIN IS ONE WAY to stalk the lives of half-remembered university acquaintances. There’s the expected glut of management consultants, a mandatory career path for the well-heeled humanities grad. But, for every short-lived stab at a PR-traineeship or hard-won project manager title, there will be a graduate employed in the charity sector. Not everyone is motivated by money — I certainly wasn’t. For do-gooding types who preferred to spend their final year at rallies rather than “women-in-business” conferences, the charity sector might seem a rational choice. After all, jobs in the sector are quite different from the old stereotype of grannies working in charity shops on behalf of starving donkeys. The modern charity sinecure is unabashedly radical, and increasingly commands an immense amount of power and capital. Is it any wonder…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2023

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