Funding, grants and commissioning
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Understanding ContractsThis definitive guide has been written by Shivaji Shiva, an Associate Solicitor at Anthony Collins Solicitors. It is an invaluable resource for local development workers, chief officers and the wider sector to help navigate the world of contracts. It covers the basics of contract law, the law in practice and common issues and problems that often arise with contracts and ways of dealing with them. |
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A Beginner's Guide to CommissioningA beginner's guide to help you support organisations in your community. The guide covers what commissioning is, why it is important for development workers, ways of supporting organisations and ideas for working with the public sector. |
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At Your BiddingAt Your Bidding is a guide for charity trustees about commissioning and tendering for public services, published in partnership with the Local Government Association. |
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Bridge Between Two Worlds'A bridge between two worlds' is a report which explores what is being done by local support and development organisations, working in partnership with public bodies, to develop, promote and shape really good, intelligent, local commissioning practices. |
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Commissioning and the Big Society: the role of the community sectorPublished by the Kindle partnership (of which NAVCA is a member) this aims to help community organisations to understand what commissioning is and how they can become 'commission ready'. |
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Cornwall's Community Advice Network: A case studyNAVCA worked with Citizens Advice and Cornwall County Council to produce the case study about Cornwall\'s Community Advice Network. |
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Crunch TimeThis report shows how the recession affected voluntary and community sector organisations, and the planning activities being carried out to build resilience. The report reviews work undertaken by 900 organisations around the country as part of NAVCA\'s Local Resilience Action Planning (LRAP) initiative. |
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Do we need ISO?Rachel Rhodes ' hugely popular article 'Do we need ISO 9001?", published as a handy pamphlet. Includes how quality systems and accreditation are scored in the selection or pre-qualification stage of a competitive tender process. |
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Evaluation of the Tender Support ProjectThis is a report about the impact of the tender support project delivered by NAVCA between June 2009 and the end of March 2011. |
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For good measureNAVCA's appeal for action against unnecessarily bureaucratic reporting arrangements imposed by funders on the voluntary and community sector. |
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Local grantsResources you can use at local level which will help you to convince councillors, commissioning officers and procurement professionals that grants should continue to be used to fund local organisations and groups. |
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Need help with commissioning and procurement?A leaflet providing information about the Local Commissioning and Procurement Unit (LCPU), their work and the services provided to support local support and development organisations with commissioning and procurement. |
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Pathways through the maze: a guide to procurement law - 2ndedition (Oct 2010)This Guide answers the most common questions voluntary and community organisations have about procurement processes and explains the legal requirements applying to public bodies' procurement exercises. |
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Sustaining GrantsThis pamphlet argues that grant aid is an essential part of the local funding mix for community organisations and remains essential for thriving local communities. |
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The local economic and social value of grant making with the voluntary and community sectorThis is an edited version of a paper published in March 2010 by the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) and Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW). |
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Why grants are important for healthy local VCSWhy grants are important for a healthy local VCS explores the grant funding relationship between local government and the local voluntary and community sector as part of the local funding mix. It focuses on four local authorities that demonstrate good practice in grant making. |
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