On 3 June the Conservatives launched
Voluntary Action in the 21st Century, a Green Paper which
highlights the importance of the third sector and sets out ways to
encourage it as a force for social progress.
NAVCA has published a
briefing (Word, 114 KB) looking at what the Conservatives say,
setting out their proposals and the possible implications for NAVCA
members.
We will be responding formally to the Conservatives and want to
make sure that we accurately represent our members' views.
Therefore, we are asking members to complete a
survey to inform our response. We would like responses by
Friday, 26 September (deadline has been extended).
The Conservative Party are keen to talk to groups about these
ideas. NAVCA has put them in touch with 11 of our members who are
keen to hold local consultations later in the year. Greg
Clark MP, Shadow Minister for Charities, Social Enterprise and
Volunteering has written to Kevin Curley to say:
"This is tremendous news and will be immensely helpful in
developing and testing the policy proposals further … Over the
summer we will be collating the comments we have received on the
Paper so far and will then be arranging a series of meetings of
which the NAVCA consultations will now be an extremely important
part".
We will publish more details of these events as soon as they
become available.
In September at our Annual Conference we are giving
our members a chance to talk directly to Greg Clark, Shadow
Minister for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering, who is
a keynote speaker.