•Deciding what services are needed

•Finding the money

•Commissioners working with providers

•Monitoring what services are doing

•Checking quality

•Renewing contracts

•Ending contracts

•Competition

•Value for money

•Best value

•Awarding the contract

•Involving everyone

•Finding out what people need

•Deciding what’s most important

•Planning what to do next

Commissioning

Joint needs assessment and planning

Planning how to get the

right services

Checking the quality of services

Procurement – getting the

services needed

Full cost recovery

Making sure that money we get from grants or contracts covers all our costs and not just the costs of that project

Streetwise project budget

Staff wages £2,000

Refreshments for people on the course £200

Taxis for people on the course £200

TOTAL £2400

Streetwise project budgetStaff wages £2,000Refreshments for people on the course £200Taxis for people on the course £200Organizational overheads £480TOTAL £2880

WRONGThis is not enough money

This just pays for the costs of the project

RIGHTWe need to pay our organisational

overheads too

Full cost recovery

What are our organizational overheads?

Rent

Rates

Insurances

Maintenance

Travel expenses

Big meetings for members

Telephone

Stationery

Postage

Photocopying

Consultancy

And much more ……