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The policy playing fieldThe voluntary & community (third) sector
and local engagement
Robert Beard
Improving Local Partnerships Policy Adviser NAVCA, The Tower, 2 Furnival Square, SHEFFIELD S1 4QL
+(0)114 289 3984
Policy context – localisation• Government policy is to shift power to make
decisions about local issues from Westminster to local areas
Policy context – localisation
• Government wants local decisions to be informed by the local experience, knowledge and expertise of voluntary & community sector organisations (VCOs)
Policy context – local strategic partnerships
• Local strategic partnerships (LSPs) have been set up in every local authority area, to bring together the public, private and third sectors
Policy context – local area agreements
• Each LSP in the region has negotiated a local area agreement (LAA) with Government Office for Yorkshire (GOYH) and the Humber, setting out local priorities
Policy context – local area agreements
• LAAs targets based on 189 (formerly 198) national indicators (NIs)
• Up to 35 ‘local priorities’• Other ‘local indicators’• Progress assessed against the full national
indicator set (NIS)
Policy context – national indicators
• NI 6: participation in regular volunteering• NI 7: environment for a thriving third sector• NI 8: adult involvement in sport
• NI 4: % of people who feel they can influence decisions in their locality
Opportunities for the voluntary & community sector
• VCOs can work with local infrastructure organisations (LIOs), including county sports partnerships, to contribute to the localisation of service design and delivery
Opportunities for the voluntary & community sector
• VCOs and their members have knowledge, experience, expertise and track-record in providing services to ‘need to reach’ groups, plus commitment to their areas
Opportunities for the voluntary & community sector
• Duty to promote democracy – access to ‘need to reach’ groups and empowering those furthest from decision making to ensure their voices are heard
Opportunities for the voluntary & community sector
• The economic downturn may offer the voluntary & community sector an opportunity to present itself as the best value option for delivering services
Comprehensive area assessment
• progress & prospects• single assessment process• 6 partner inspectorates led by Audit Commission
Comprehensive area assessment
• citizens at the centre
•reduce inequalities /
• address discrimination /
• Demonstrate increasing cross-sector partnership working on local issues and challenges
Comprehensive area assessment
Comprehensive area assessment
• effective delivery of local services• experience and perceptions
• the right services?• meeting needs of disadvantaged?
• prospects for meeting targets
Comprehensive area assessment
• green flag for achievements• red flag for concerns• ‘oneplace’ reporting website
Comprehensive area assessment
• Voluntary & community sector officers and representatives need to engage with CAA, to maximise the sector’s involvement in and influence on local public services
Improving Local Partnerships Unit (ILP)
• works with LIOs• supporting them to develop skills,
knowledge and understanding• to engage authentically, effectively and
accountably with public partners in local decision making
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The policy playing fieldThe voluntary & community (third) sector
and local engagement
Robert Beard
Improving Local Partnerships Policy Adviser NAVCA, The Tower, 2 Furnival Square, SHEFFIELD S1 4QL
+(0)114 289 3984