Public service delivery

Charities often deliver services through funding agreements with a local authority, NHS Primary Care Trust or even a government department.

Though still a relatively new phenomenon, encouragement from government has made public service delivery and reform an increasingly common activity for charities.

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'One-stop' disability consortium wins £2.6m employment services contract

'One-stop' disability consortium wins £2.6m employment services contract 0

Governance | Tania Mason | 9 Mar 2010
Topics: Public service delivery | Statutory funding

A unique partnership between one national charity and five local charities has won a £2.6m contract from Birmingham’s local strategic partnership to provide employment services for people with multiple disabilities in five of Birmingham City’s most deprived areas.

Acevo creates Commission on Public Health

Acevo creates Commission on Public Health 0

Governance | Gareth Jones | 3 Mar 2010
Topics: Statutory funding | Public service delivery

Acevo has launched a Commission on Public Health, which will be chaired by Addaction CEO Simon Antrobus, to identify how the sector can maximise its contribution in this regard.

New government 'won't understand the sector'

New government 'won't understand the sector' 0

Governance | Tania Mason | 2 Mar 2010
Topics: Statutory funding | Public service delivery | Umbrella bodies | International

Charities must prepare for a new government that will have very little knowledge or understanding of how civil society organisations work, whichever party wins the election, delegates to the NCVO annual conference were warned last week.

Lung charity restructures and creates trading arm

Lung charity restructures and creates trading arm 0

Governance | Tania Mason | 5 Jan 2010
Topics: Leadership and strategy | Trading | Public service delivery | Statutory funding

The British Lung Foundation has restructured its operations and created a new trading subsidiary that will deliver lung testing events for Primary Care Trusts across the country.

Public service delivery: what trustees need to know and do

Public service delivery: what trustees need to know and do 0

Governance | 23 Jul 2008
Topics: Public service delivery | Statutory funding | Risk management

Charities have always played an important role in the delivery of those services that we consider to be "public", most notably those of healthcare, leisure, education, and certain emergency services. What should trustees of charities delivering public services be taking into account?

Procure all?

Procure all? 0

Governance | Andrew Parker | 24 Jan 2008
Topics: Law | Risk management | Public service delivery

The growing influence of EU procurement law brings a new series of challenges of charities

Rising to debate: the thorny issue of governance

Rising to debate: the thorny issue of governance 0

Governance | Tania Mason | 5 Dec 2007
Topics: Trustee boards | Trustee roles and responsibilities | Leadership and strategy | Public service delivery

Reflections on Acevo's annual conference debate

Retain independence at all costs

Retain independence at all costs 0

Governance | Stuart Etherington | 1 May 2007
Topics: Charity Commission | Trustee boards | Public service delivery

Stuart Etherington challenges those who compromise their charity's independence

Public service delivery - look before you leap

Public service delivery - look before you leap 0

Governance | 1 Mar 2007
Topics: Statutory funding | Public service delivery

The role of charities and other voluntary organisations in delivering public services shows no sign of dropping down government's agenda.

Contract culture : an inevitable drift?

Contract culture : an inevitable drift? 0

Governance | Kate Sayer | 1 Sep 2006
Topics: Public service delivery | Recruitment | Human resources

Kate Sayer challenges the view that moving to contracts is a problem for charities and voluntary organisations

What Sorp of future?

What Sorp of future? 0

Governance | Paul Palmer | 1 May 2006
Topics: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) | Audit | Public service delivery | Benchmarking | Fraud | Charity Commission

A prediction of what could be on the agenda by the time the next Sorp is issued

Seeking the right role

Seeking the right role 0

Governance | 1 Mar 2006
Topics: Volunteering | Social enterprise | Public service delivery | Individual giving | Corporate fundraising

The roots of modern civic society were planted in the 20th century; now voluntary activities must remain spontaneous and driven by individual choice

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