Supporting local sector support
25th July 2007, 11:07 am
The umbrella body for local sector support organisations, NAVCA, has released a number of publications recently.
- ‘Skilling up for LSPs - Research on leadership skills for effective strategic representation’ shows that there is a shortage of training for people representing the sector in Local Strategic Partnerships and other partnership working with the public sector. The report also establishes a common set of core competencies for effective representation. http://www.navca.org.uk/news/skillingup.htm.
- ‘Building Effective Local VCS Infrastructure’ covers research on over 80 local voluntary and community sector infrastructure organisations to discover factors most likely to lead to the creation and sustainability of strong and effective LIOs. Pdf report, 307kb, via http://www.navca.org.uk/news/belvi.htm.
- ‘Why grants are important for a healthy local VCS’ explores the grant funding relationship between local government and the voluntary and community sector as part of the local funding mix. It is based on four local authorities that demonstrate good practice in grant making. Link to the pdf, 478kb, at http://www.navca.org.uk/news/whygrants.htm.