Third sector

See below for resources from government and other organisations in the children's and voluntary and community sectors.

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Consultation feedback on the future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration

HMSO, June 2007

Part of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). This report builds on feedback on the interim review report (December 2006), and sets out common messages received during face-to-face consultation events, written submissions, and advice from the independent advisory panel in the five key policy areas – with the addition of volunteering and mentoring. Although this report is not a statement of Government policy, it will help shape final outcomes of the review, to be concluded later in the year.

Consultation feedback [pdf 336kb]

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The future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration: interim report

HMSO, December 2006

Part of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). Budget 2006 announced a review of the future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration. The objectives of the review are:

  • to assess the current landscape with regard to what has been achieved so far and what remains to be done;
  • to begin to clarify and define the role of the sector, identify how Government interacts with the sector and how this should be structured; and
  • to identify how Government and the sector can best work together and what more it should do to achieve the long-term goals of building a more cohesive society in the context of demographic change in the global economy.

Full report [pdf 427kb]

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