Public Services and the Voluntary Sector Ruth Breidenbach Roe Partnerships and Public Services National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Mar 31, 2015
Public Services and the Voluntary Sector
Ruth Breidenbach RoePartnerships and Public Services
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
This presentation will cover…Public services landscape
What are the key challenges and risks?
Opportunities: how can you deliver in this context?
The public services landscape
The public services landscape
Cuts
Fragmentation
Open Public Services“Opening public services to competition and providing
more freedom to innovate will improve the choices available to service users, as well as delivering better value for money for the taxpayer.”
“Empowering all potential providers, from whichever sector, with the right to propose new ways to deliver services, and linking payment to results so that providers are free to innovate and eliminate waste.”
“looking at how to enable a level playing field for all independent providers, as well as addressing barriers that are particularly problematic for smaller private, voluntary and charitable enterprises.”
Challenges in public service delivery
Large contracts
Squeeze on pricing
Disproportionate requirements
Spot purchasing
Payment by Results
Opportunities
Influencing commissioning
Social Value Act
Partnerships and collaboration
Influencing and shaping commissioning
Case Studies
BACA Leicestershire: delivers services to young people trafficked to the UK, or seeking asylum. Identified that the council’s approach to commissioning specialist services doesn’t work.
‘Connected Care.’ Turning Point: developed a model of community-led commissioning for health and social care services.
Social Value Act 2012Article 3 of the Bill states that:
'The authority must consider— (a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social
and environmental well-being of the relevant area, and (b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to
securing that improvement'.
Article 6 of the Bill state that
'The authority must consider under subsection (3)(b) only matters that are relevant to what is proposed to be procured and, in doing so, must consider the extent to which it is proportionate in all the circumstances to take those matters into account'.
Case studies
Blue Sky Development: Social enterprise delivering ground maintenance and recycling, but only employs ex-offenders
United Response: Run a café a York’s council offices which also provides job training for people with learning disabilities.
Consortia• Response to larger contracts
• Formalised partnership
• Different models and governance arrangements
• Need time, funding, and good relationships
Case studies
City and Hackney Together: consortium of health and wellbeing organisations.
Greater Together: consortium of youth organisations in Lancashire
Safer and Stronger Cornwall
Any Questions?
Ruth Breidenbach-Roe Partnerships and Public Services, [email protected]
Additional resourcesSubcontracting, Consortia and Partnerships:http://knowhownonprofit.org/funding/service/service-delivery
NCVO public services resources on KnowHow NonProfit
http://knowhownonprofit.org/funding/service
The Road Ahead, 2013http://blogs.ncvo.org.uk/2013/11/14/5-minute-policy-manager-blog-november/