Cuts to your local sector

The following links can help your work to support the local sector and individual organisations when facing cuts.

 

 

 

1. Working with local public bodies

• Best Value guidance. NAVCA members should be familiar with the new Best Value Statutory Guidance and use it in local negotiations.
• Using the Compact.
• Using Public Law. As well as the popular training events held around the country, Terry Perkins has produced newsletters with cuts advice.
• NAVCA and NCVO Best Practice Guide for Local Authorities and the Voluntary and Community Sector
• Read NAVCA's guidance on Challenging a funding cut (modified December 2011) or South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau's guide to Dealing with a funding crisis (and how to avoid one).

2. Making the case for the local voluntary and community sector

• NAVCA has a collection of research findings and reports from across England demonstrating the value and contribution of the voluntary and community sector. Add to this list by sending in any reports you have to cuts@navca.org.uk
• Social value is of vital importance for NAVCA's members when making the case for the local sector, since the phrase captures the essence of what voluntary and community sector organisations are about.
• Defending grant funding is also important.

3. Supporting local organisations and groups facing funding cuts

In these uncertain times development workers need to understand the cuts and how they will affect the voluntary and community groups they are supporting.

• NAVCA has developed th following advice to try and provide answers and offer solutions to the questions you are being asked by voluntary organisations and community groups now and in the future. Each of the questions below has been posed as if from the voluntary organisation or community group.  
  • Is my funding going to be cut, if so by how much?
  • My funding has been cut, how have they made this decision?
  • Can I get money from elsewhere or do I need to scale back my services?
  • Do I need to change my governing documents to enable me to apply for alternative sources of funding?
• NCVO has also pulled together a selection of their practical advice guides to help organisations think about future resilience in tough financial climes.
• ACEVO has a section on managing cuts within its Cuts Watch website.