The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published its third sector strategy. The strategy sets out the Department’s vision for their ongoing relationship with the third sector. The strategy starts with the measures needed to provide our third sector with a healthy environment in which to thrive. Next, it sets out the nature of the department’s relationship with third sector organisations and how they can make the partnership stronger and more beneficial to both. The strategy then considers how they can help to provide a sustainable pool … Read more »
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New Guide to Social Return on Investment launched
A new guide for Social Return on Investment (SROI) has being launched at the government’s Social Enterprise Summit. The guide will help third sector organisations articulate the added social and environmental value they create and also help underpin the thinking of commissioners and investors in a standardised way that is easy for all to understand. The guide has been published as part of a project on SROI being taken forward over 2008-2011. The Measuring Social Value project is being run by a consortium led by SROI … Read more »
National Survey of Third Sector Organisations
Full National Indicator 7 survey results for Cornwall http://www.nstso.com/ModuleStorage/GetFile.aspx/fa53efd5-e2b4-496a-ba34-7dd30573fda3.pdf The survey show that when third sector organisations are satisfied with their ability to influence local decisions, and have some current contact with local statutory bodies , they give an NI 7 score of 75% (compared to the overall national score of 16%). When there is dissatisfaction with the ability to influence local decisions and little or no current contact with local statutory bodies , third sector organisations give an NI 7 score of just 3%.
We are recruiting a Project Co-ordinator (CLOSED)
This vacancy is now filled. Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum is looking for a graduate to appoint to our new post of Project Co-ordinator. Working with the Unlocking Cornish Potential scheme, we are seeking to recruit a full-time officer to manage two new projects funded by Government Office for the South West.
