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.