NAVCA has undertaken work to influence the Learning and
Skills Council (LSC) and its relationship with the voluntary and
community sector (VCS) since it was established in April
2001.
The LSC commissioned NIACE to develop a proposal for a
national strategy for its work with the VCS. NAVCA was actively
involved in developing the strategy, Working Together.
NAVCA consulted members in Spring 2003 to gain an overview
of how work with local LSCs was developing. We received 75 replies.
A
summary (rtf format, 21 KB) of responses was
produced to inform our input to Working Together.
We are currently represented on two high level national
LSC groups. The practitioner reference group designed the content
of Working Together. It now comments on the detail of LSC
actions supporting Working Together. The second,
originally a strategy group, has now re-formed to become the
Working Together Implementation Group and is overseeing the
implementation of the strategy within the LSC. From your responses
to our consultations, we believe that our involvement at both
levels reflects the importance of the LSC to LIOs.
More recently, two further documents have been produced to
support the implementation of Working Together.
The first is
Working Together in Practice, a
toolkit aimed at LSC staff who work with the voluntary and
community sector.
Working Together in Practice: Volume
2 aims to enable a mutual understanding between the LSC and
the voluntary and community sector and to disseminate good
practice case studies.
NAVCA will continue to keep people updated via
Circulation and LINX on any further developments. If you would like
to discuss your work with the LSC please contact
lynne.bryan@navca.org.uk.