The Role of the Voluntary Sector in Public Service Delivery 志愿部门的公共服务的作用.ppt

The Role of the Voluntary Sector in Public Service Delivery in the UK Voluntary Sector Excellence Project, Finland Wednesday, 10 November 2004 Home Secretary’s Civil Renewal Agenda “We must aim to build strong, empowered and active communities, in which people increasingly do things for themselves and the state acts to facilitate, support and enable citizens to lead self-determined, fulfilled lives.” Rt. Hon. David Blunkett, Home Secretary, “Civil Renewal: A New Agenda”, the Edith Kahn Memorial Lecture, June 2003 Public Sector Reform “We are proposing to put an entirely different dynamic in place to drive our public services: one where the service will be driven not by the managers but by the user – the patient, the parent, the pupil, and law abiding citizen.“ The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair MP, July 2004 4 Principles 4 Principles: Standards Devolution and Delegation Flexibility Expanding Choice The UK Voluntary and Community Sector 150, 000 Charities in the UK 20% increase in number of Charities over last ten years 32% increase in income since 1991 Charities contribute ￡7.2bn to UK economy Added Value of the VCS Focus on users Independence Knowledge, expertise, experience - reach Flexibility/innovation The Compact The Compact on Relations between Government and the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), 1998 Five Codes of Good Practice: Funding Volunteering Consultation BME Community Groups The Cross Cutting Review 2002 “To explore how central and local government can work more effectively with the Sector to deliver high quality services.” Published Sept 2002 Review of the role of the VCS in service delivery Part of the 2002 Spending Review (SR2002) Barriers to VCS service delivery Capacity issues Funding and procurement practice Partnerships/promoting the Compact What are we doing? ChangeUP Futurebuilders Guidance to Funders Think Smart…Think Voluntary Sector Funding code The Future…NAO Funding Review The National Audit Office