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What is ChangeUP?
ChangeUP is a government initiative designed to improve voluntary and community sector (VCS) infrastructure.
ChangeUP aims to ensure that by 2014 frontline voluntary community organisations will have the support they need to achieve their potential, that this support is available nationwide, that it's effective, accessible, and reflects and promotes diversity and is sustainably funded.
VSC infrastructure functions (support and development, co-ordination, representation and promotion) to frontline voluntary and community organisations.
ChangeUp is a one-off investment to help VSC infrastructure organisations support the sector as a whole more effectively. The money is not meant to deliver services to frontline organisations. Instead it's supposed to be used strategically, to develop plans for sustainable improved services.
For more information, visit the ChangeUp website
Are you ready for Commissioning?
As you may be aware, Newham Council are preparing to change their current grant system to a commissioning system, in line with the government’s modernisation plans to move from the ‘traditional’ grant funding to contracting out services to local Voluntary Community and Faith sector organisations. Through funding from ChangeUp, NVSC, The Renewal Programme and Aston-Mansfield Community Involvement Unit are carrying out a piece of work to determine what barriers there may be for groups to tender to deliver public services. Following on from this, support packages will be developed to better equip groups to feel more confident about entering into the commissioning process.
There is a short questionnaire designed to get information from Voluntary, Community and Faith sector organisations within the borough about what they feel the barriers are to commissioning public services.
We would, therefore, find it very valuable if you could spend a short amount of time completing the questionnaire and retuning it to the address below by Thursday 24th May so that we can collate the information gathered and produce a report outlining the main concerns, barriers and issues faced by groups. This will then enable us to produce tailored support packages of training and advice for groups in the borough to help give them the best chance of success.
If you have any queries or difficulties using the form, please contact me either by email or on the number below and I will try and help. If you know of other groups that may be interested in completing the questionnaire please do forward it on to them.
Questionnaire For Change Up Project
Amy White
Community Development Officer
Aston-Mansfield Community Involvement Unit
Durning Hall
Earlham Grove
London
E7 9AB
Phone: 020 8536 3826
Fax:: 020 8534 4498
Email: Amy.White@aston-mansfield.org.uk