getting involved the third sector and local engagement robert beard improving local partnerships...
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Getting involvedThe third sector and local engagement
Robert Beard
Improving Local Partnerships Policy Adviser NAVCA, The Tower, 2 Furnival Square, SHEFFIELD S1 4QL
+(0)114 289 3984
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Policy context – localisation
• Government policy is to shift power to make decisions about local issues from Westminster to local areas
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Policy context – localisation
• Government wants local decisions to be informed by the local experience, knowledge and expertise of third sector organisations (TSOs)
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Policy context – localisation
• Local strategic partnerships (LSPs) have been set up in every local authority area, to bring together the public, private and third sectors
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Policy context – localisation
• Each LSP has negotiated a local area agreement (LAA) with its regional Government Office, setting out local priorities
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Opportunities for the third sector
• TSOs can work with local infrastructure organisations (LIOs) to contribute to the localisation of service design and delivery
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Opportunities for the third sector
• TSOs and their members have knowledge, experience, expertise and track-record in providing services to ‘need to reach’ groups, plus commitment to their areas
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Opportunities for the third sector
• TSOs can contribute to local democracy, facilitate councillors’ access to ‘need to reach’ groups and empower those furthest from decision making to ensure their voices are heard
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Opportunities for the third sector
• The economic downturn may offer the third sector an opportunity to present itself as the best value option for delivering services
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Comprehensive area assessment
• CAA is a single assessment process, undertaken by the Audit Commission and six partner inspectorates, replacing Comprehensive Performance Assessment
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Comprehensive area assessment
• Designed to put citizens at the centre of the assessment process, reduce inequalities and address discrimination
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Comprehensive area assessment
• Local councils and public bodies expected to demonstrate increasing partnership working to tackle local challenges in which TSOs are stakeholders
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Comprehensive area assessment
• CAA focuses on effective delivery of local services and on experience and perceptions of whether they are the right services, meeting the needs of the disadvantaged
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Comprehensive area assessment
• CAA will use green flags to indicate exceptional or innovative achievements, and red flags to indicate concerns about poor performance or prospects
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Comprehensive area assessment
• Third sector officers and reps need to engage with CAA, to maximise the sector’s involvement in and influence on local public services
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Getting involvedThe third sector and local engagement
Robert Beard
Improving Local Partnerships Policy Adviser NAVCA, The Tower, 2 Furnival Square, SHEFFIELD S1 4QL
+(0)114 289 3984