Why grants are important for healthy local VCS

Why 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 (Gloucester City Council, Newcastle City Council, Nottinghamshire County Council and Reading Borough Council. Based on interviews with NAVCA members and key local authority personnel, this report highlights current local thinking on grant funding issues, identifies some of the challenges in the local funding relationship, and explores the issues at stake for both sectors.

The report contains a checklist which local authorities can use to benchmark their activity and local infrastructure organisations and the local voluntary and community sector can use as a basis for a discussion with local authorities and local strategic partnerships.

This was funded by the Finance Hub.

Why grants are important for a healthy local VCS (pdf, 478 KB)

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