Commissioning Improvement Programme - Bids Invited
New bids are invited to this project which provides support for commissioners and third sector organisations to work more closely together in the commissioning process. IDeA has told us that ideally the bids would come from a chair of an LSP so potentially could come from the voluntary sector.
Commissioning Improvement Programme: more information
IDeA has teamed up with the Institute of Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) to provide support for commissioners and third sector organisations to develop new ways of working more closely together. The aim is to help local partners to overcome some of the barriers to working in partnership in order to make better and more efficient use of resources and to achieve the desired outcomes for local communities.
The focus of the programme will be on commissioning from small and medium-sized local third sector organisations and is based on the highly successful Partnership Improvement Programme.
Funding is available to work with three further partnerships. The programme will comprise:
- initial discussions between the programme facilitators, local authorities and key from other public agencies engaged in commissioning from the third sector to discuss potential contracts and service areas that might be chosen as areas of focus for the programme
- initial discussions between the programme facilitators and third sector representative groups to explain the purpose of the programme and to discuss issues that are felt to be important
- three half-day sessions for the partners to work through a series of exercises and discussions to develop a plan that can be implemented locally to improve aspects of third sector commissioning that have been identified by participants themselves.
If you are interested in working with us on this programme please send a brief (1 page) outline of your partnership and why you think it is important that your partnership should be chosen to tina.holland@idea.gov.uk
