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Strategic Partners

Strategic Partners. The Transform North Somerset partnership is seeking your input as we transition towards a sustainable long-term partnership of infrastructure organisations for the VCSE sector. What do you – as our strategic partners – want infrastructure organisations in NS to look like?.

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Strategic Partners

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  1. Strategic Partners The Transform North Somerset partnership is seeking your input as we transition towards a sustainable long-term partnership of infrastructure organisations for the VCSE sector. What do you – as our strategic partners – want infrastructure organisations in NS to look like?

  2. Our Partners

  3. Our Partners

  4. What Infrastructure organisations do: • Provide support and development to Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations/groups (e.g. governance; fundraising; project management; Business planning; volunteering good practice; campaigning etc). • Provide strategic voice for VCSE organisations/groups.

  5. Examples of our achievements: • NSEA – brought in £3.1 million of outside investment in the last 3 years; helped 2500 start-up companies = job creation • VANS - brought in external funding of over £3.5million over 8 years. Research in 2007-8 = £1,188,444 external funding in one year. • Faithnet South West – set up 6 local authority area wide Faith Forums in the last 5 years

  6. A short history • August 2011 – First Partners meeting held • October 2011 – Grant application submitted to Transforming Local Infrastructure (TLI) • January 2012 – Notification of success received • April 2012 – partnership began • July 2012 – Programme manager in post • September 30th 2013 - end date

  7. Partnership vision To work together to transform Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations (VCSE) support services & opportunities across North Somerset for allcommunities

  8. Aim of the project To create a coherent & efficient network of local infrastructure provision, and to improve the relevance, quality and accessibility of services to VCSE groups

  9. Outcomes • Radically improved access for local VCSE groups – one stop shop, ICT infrastructure, single telephone line, e-portal 2. Fundamentally change the scope of volunteering – the Volunteer Pathway 3. Brokering new opportunities for social enterprise and business modelling options 4. A sustainable partnership long-term

  10. For the VCSE sector: Single point of access; Better customer record management systems; Improved communications; No potential for duplication of services; Clear accessible programme of activity; Broad range of skills and expertise. . For the commissioner: One partnership bidding for commissions; One partnership making VCSE organisations commission-ready; A range of generalist and specialist skills and expertise to capacity-build VCSE organisations. Benefits of the Transform NS partnership

  11. What would you like Transform North Somerset to be? Influence Broker partnerships Bid effectively Enable providers to deliver services effectively

  12. Any Questions

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