Infrastructure National Partnership

The Infrastructure National Partnership (INP) is the only partnership that brings together local, regional and national infrastructure organisations: - both generic and specialist.

INP members

Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE)
Community Matters
Coventry & Warwickshire Infrastructure Consortium (CWIC)
Gloucestershire Rural Community Council
Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Organisations (GMCVO)
London Voluntary Services Council (LVSC)
MENTER (Black & Minority Ethnic Network)
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
National Council for Voluntary Youth Service (NCVYS)
Regional Action & Involvement South East (RAISE)
Volunteering England (VE)

Lord Tony Newton acts as an independent chair for the partnership meetings.

INP Conference 2009

On 24 November 2009 the Infrastructure National Partnership held a one–day conference for local, regional, national and specialist voluntary sector infrastructure organisations. The day explored the future role of infrastructure in supporting and giving voice to the sector.

Keynote Speeches

During the morning plenary session keynote speeches were given by Jenny Willott MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for the Third Sector and Stephen Dunmore, Chair of Capacitybuilders.

Download Jenny Willott's Speech (PDF 39KB)

Download Stephen Dunmore's Speech (PDF 23KB)

Frontline Session

Five frontline organisations were invited to share their current and future challenges and their new and emerging support needs. This grounding session helped the participating infrastructure organisations to consider how they can respond to these changing needs.

Download the notes from the frontline organisations (PDF 52KB)

Workshops

Participants were given the option to choose between two afternoon workshops:

Evidencing the value and impact of infrastructure
Download the notes from this session (PDF 849KB)

Innovation – how can we become more innovative and disseminate good practice on innovation?
Download the Innovation workshop slides (PDF 435KB)

Collaboration

The afternoon plenary session focused on how can we improve what infrastructure delivers and create efficiencies through collaboration or merger. The session was facilitated by Shamsher Chohan.

Download Shamsher Chohan's Biography (PDF 6KB)

Download the slides from the collaboration session (PDF 340KB)