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Demonstrating the local economic and social value of grant-making with the VCS
4 March 2010
Over the course of the last five to ten years, policy making in relation to the voluntary and community sector has seen significant shifts. This move has seen a far less proportionate emphasis placed upon grant funding as one of the primary income streams for voluntary and community sector organisations alongside donations; with more of a shift towards contracting and commissioning organisationsto deliver services.
While some voluntary and community organisations have sought out local authority and other public sector contracts as a way of professionalising their activities and expanding their expertise and geography of delivery; others have simply had to do so because of changes in centrally led policy.
This think-piece from the Centre for Local Economic Strategies seeks to address this debate. VSNW and CLES are seeking to demonstrate the need for and the continued viability of grant-making for the voluntary and community sector. it will be followed up with wider research which seeks to demonstrate the scale of grant-making in the region, and its economic and social value.
Featured Event
Open Public Services - Passage of a bill workshop
This VSNW/Parliamentary Outreach Service event will explore the stages that the bill would go through, their relative importance and ways to engage and influence
Featured News
Transforming Local Infrastructure Fund results announced
The beneficiaries of the £30 million fund to help transform and modernise local charity support services have been announced by Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society.
Relaunch of Voluntary Sector Cuts Website
The Voluntary Sector Cuts website has now been relaunched with additional functionality to enable VCS organisations to records cuts to funding and their effects
Views sought on Department of Health draft statutory guidance
VSNW are requesting your views on draft statutory guidance as support for joint strategic needs assessments and health and wellbeing strategies
Events & Trainings
VSNW’s list of events & training opportunities for VCS groups in the North West
