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Thinkpiece grant making with the voluntary sector

4 Mar 2010

Grants are vital to ensuring that the VCS preserves its role in civil society

The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) is currently undertaking research with Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW) exploring the economic and social value of grant-making with the voluntary and community sector.

In a policy era categorised by the move from ‘grants’ to ‘contracts’ the importance of grant-making as both a funding source and a shaper of resilient economies and communities has sometimes been forgotten. This research project therefore seeks to promote the value of the grant.

We are undertaking three key activities as part of the research. A think-piece has been produced which explores some of the key theoretical values of grant-making with the voluntary and community sector. This will be followed with a mapping exercise exploring the available grants in the North West and types of organisations and activities which they are funding. The final activity will be the development of 10 organisational cases studies demonstrating the local economic and social value of grant-making with the voluntary and community sector.

The think-piece has been published and can be accessed below:

Think-piece: Grant making with the voluntary sector

 

A press release for the research is available here.

 

For more information about this research, please contact Matthew Jackson, Senior Policy Researcher at CLES, matthewjackson@cles.org.uk

 

Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW) is the regional voluntary sector network for the North West. The purpose of VSNW is to ensure that the voluntary and community sector (VCS), in all its diversity, takes its full part in shaping the future of the North West. For further information on VSNW visit: http://www.vsnw.org.uk/

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