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Collaborative working
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What are you trying to achieve?
- Sharing back office services
- Delivering your mission
- Public service delivery
- Merger
- Federal and branch structures
- Making more effective use of ICT
Useful tools
- Should you collaborate? Key questions
- Joint working agreements
- Staffing a collaborative project
- Due diligence
- FAQs
- ICT tools
- Case studies
Sector expects more collaboration
Despite the growing demand placed on the voluntary sector during the recession, NCVO’s latest quarterly Charity Forecast Survey reveals that three quarters (74%) of voluntary organisations intend to increase collaboration with other voluntary organisations.
April 2009
Read more about NCVO’s regular Charity Forecast
Joint public service delivery
Public service delivery increasingly involves voluntary and community organisations, and commissioning public bodies often require bids to be made in partnership.We’ve pulled together a new page of resources on joint public service delivery, covering:
- The policy context
- NCVO guidance
- Other sources of support
March 2009
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Publication: Collaborative Working to generate income
This new guidance introduces different ways of working with other organisations to raise funds.
Subjects covered include fundraising events, joint trading, payroll giving through consortia, appeals and legacy giving.
£42.5 million action plan
The Government’s action plan sets out a targeted package of support for voluntary organisations in the difficult economic climate.
Among the commitments is the launch of a £16.5m modernisation fund. The funding will help to purchase the specialist advice and guidance that organisations require to merge or collaborate. February 2009
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