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

OpportunitiesInfluencing commissioning

Social Value Act

Partnerships and collaboration

Influencing and shaping commissioning

Case StudiesBACA 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 studiesBlue 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 studiesCity 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, NCVORuth.Breidenbach-Roe@ncvo.org.uk

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/