Second tier, infrastructure

Includes reports from Baring Foundation and NAVCA

London Funders Reports
Support services for the VCS: are they more at risk than the front line?
(2012) A meeting of funders concerned about the quality and nature of voluntary and community sector services finds that the value of infrastructure is in the communities we serve.

Publications
Bridge between two worlds 
NAVCA report exploring what is being done by local support and development organisations in partnership with public bodies, to develop, promote and shape good, intelligent, local commissioning practice. It defines “intelligent commissioning” as commissioning practice which enables the best outcomes for service users and local communities, ensures that services deliver value for money and are rooted in good partnership working and includes voluntary organisations and community groups and service users. 

The report is based on a series of case studies which can also be downloaded: Bolsover, Greater Merseyside, Halton and St Helens, Halton and St Helens, Isle of Wight, Staffordshire and Voscur.
 
Andrew Purkis for The Baring Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2010) 
In the light of Coalition Government policy as well as recent trends, recent analysis of the impact of long term takeover of state services by housing associations, this report has many stimulating questions for other voluntary organisations.
 
Researched over six months using a random sample of 30 groups per London borough, this accessible report looks at the impact of six borough councils for voluntary service (CVS).
 
This research provides case study evidence of sustainable models of delivering capacity building support. Each case study  will identify the critical success factors which contribute to the sustainability of support services and how these have been implemented effectively.

 

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