Browsing: Help for commissioners

Commissioning from the VCS

This easy to use guide has been developed by the NCVO to help commissioners encourage more participation by the third sector. It covers the principles of intelligent commissioning and then outlines, step by step, what is needed by commissioners in order to make the most out of the potential contribution of the third sector.

Public service delivery – Know How Nonprofit

Know How Nonprofit have a wealth of information for third sector organisations wanting to get involved in public service delivery.

Think Smart, Think Voluntary Sector

This is a publication, aimed at commissioners, which shows the value for money that the third sector can offer in the delivery of public sector contracts and explores some of the issues that can make it difficult for it to compete successfully for public sector contracts.

Improving Financial Relationships with the Third Sector: Guidance to Funders and Purchasers

This guidance is intended to help government departments, non-departmental public bodies and other funding bodies themselves distributing public money to the third sector.

A better return: setting the foundations for intelligent commissioning to achieve value for money

Based on research by the New Economics Foundation, the National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning has published this report on how spending on public services can be directed to achieve the best return for communities, the environment and the public purse.