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Collaboration

Interest in collaborative working in the voluntary and community sector has grown over the last few years. This may be due to a need to increase effectiveness for beneficiaries, to keep costs down or to increase the likelihood of accessing funding for new projects.

The most effective organisations recognise the potential of collaboration to increase the impact of what they do.

Collaboration covers everything from an informal network, through to joint delivery of projects and full merger.
It is important to weigh up the pros and cons of any collaborative work, so the list below provides links to useful websites, which cover the subject in depth.

 

 

Steps to Collaboration:

• See our Collaborative Working pages http://www.developecs.org.uk/Whatwedo/Collaborate/index.htm

• Find a collaborative partner locally - see DEVELOP's Collaborative Ideas Bank  

• Collaborative partners can also be found at  www.fundingcentral.org.uk

• Refer to www.bassac.org.uk/collaboration for advice and information.

• See http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/advice-support/collaborative-working

• The Charity Commission www.charitycommission.gov.uk (see Choosing to Collaborate and Making Mergers Work)

• NAVCA Tender Support Project http://www.navca.org.uk/localvs/lcp/tendersupport/Home.htm

• Don't forget to take legal advice.

 

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