2002 Cross Cutting Review

The Treasury’s 2002 Cross-Cutting Review identified that voluntary and community sector organisations are potentially able to deliver services more effectively to certain groups than other public or private sector providers.

It cited the advantages of the voluntary and community sector delivering services. Some examples of the advantages are:

• Putting people at the heart of the services they deliver;
• Specialist knowledge experience and skills;
• Independence from existing or past service delivery;
• Access to the wider community without “institutional baggage”; and
• Freedom and flexibility from “institutional baggage”.

The 2002 Cross-Cutting Review resulted in the funding programmes:

Futurebuilders — which supported voluntary and community sector organisations to develop so that they could deliver public services; and

ChangeUp — which provided investment in voluntary and community sector infrastructure organisations. This included making sure that infrastructure agencies could provide support around public service delivery, commissioning, and procurement.

Full Cost Recovery

The 2002 Cross-Cutting Review acknowledged the legitimacy of full cost recovery.

The Compact

It gave a cross-governmental commitment to implement the Compact. (The Compact is a partnership agreement between the Government and the voluntary and community sector setting out a commitment to a set of minimum standards when working with each other).

(Adapted from: “The future role of the local voluntary and community sector, NAVCA & Bolton CVS, July 2007)

Links:
Cross-Cutting Review
Futurebuilders
ChangeUp
The Compact