Strengthen the support services available to the third sector organisations, delivering on the ChangeUp plans, enabling groups and organisations to meet new challenges and ensure future sustainability.
Increase the number of people, particularly those with greater support needs, in the city who are active in volunteering and improve the quality of those opportunities.
Better understand and develop local funding and commissioning programmes based on good practice, to ensure the potential of the local third sector is fully maximised. Where appropriate, this will lead to an increased role for the third sector in public service delivery, recognising the sector’s expertise in providing holistic, preventative and user-focused services, often supporting people from under-represented groups with complex needs. At the same time, it is important to recognise differences within the sector, that organisations work at varying levels and will not all engage in public service delivery or strategic partnership working.
Continue to develop relationships and good practice in cross-sector partnership working, including providing training and development to build better mutual understanding.
Support the development of community buildings alongside strategies for the management, including transfer of assets to the third sector, where they will be long-term and of sustained benefit for the community.