If you are a member of HealthNet you will have received a maling to inform you about the current consultation on the Department of Health’s (DH) third sector funding review. The mailing included a consultation feedback form, from which we got a really good response. The HealthNet team at Bradford CVS attended one of the DH’s regional consultation events to feed your views back. We will also be compiling a written response on behalf of the membership. If you sent the form back thank you, if you would still like to give us your comments then there is until the 20th of March, just click on the bit at the bottom of this post that says ‘comments’, type you feedback in the box, then click ‘publish your comment. You can view comments that people have already left to the right of this post.
- Section 64 (general grants); A large number of ‘core’ grants and project funding
- Section 64 (specific grants); Large investments to respond to specific challenges
- Opportunities for Volunteering; Supports 300 projects per year, most of which support local activity, to enable third sector organisations to involve volunteers in health and social care activity
- Social Enterprise Investment Fund and Pathfinders Schemes; Support the development of social enterprise models to deliver innovate health and social care services
- Contracts; DH contracts with third sector for a range of services
- Support existing and new social enterprises that deliver health and social care services
- Improve the quality of care in community settings for diverse range of communities
- Increase choice of care providers and services that are responsive to people’s needs
- Reduce inequalities, promote social inclusion and promote independence and well-being
- Support policy development through strategic advocacy and user/carer engagement
- Be partners in delivery of policy and public service objectives
- Support capacity building in the sector
- Develop networks to support sustainability
- Project funding will support new service development or start-up for new providers
- Test and evaluate innovative approaches and good practice to inform wider application and investment
- Link third sector organisations, NHS and local authority (LA) commissioners
- ‘Pump prime’ local volunteering projects and service models
- Invest in development of sustainable volunteer infrastructure and agreed quality standards
- Evaluate impact and outcomes to inform wider application and investment
- Develop efficient and sustainable models
- Link third sector organisations, NHS and LA volunteer involvement
- Specific policy advice
- National health promotion campaigns (e.g. Sunsmart)
- Service provision where appropriate
- Contracts that support stability and robust managements arrangements
- Reflecting that primary care trusts (PCTs) and Las commission most direct service delivery
4 comments:
Provide long term funding for innovative local services. Minimum restrictions on how the service is delivered. We don’t want to be merely an extension of the NHS
Who are strategic partners? What do they do? Won’t it be another layer of beaurocracy? I don’t think there is any need for more layers of beaurocracy or evaluation. The focus on priorities may prevent good work being in other areas.
Trust individual PCTs to decide how to spend the money. I worry that third sector organisations may be prevented from being innovative and doing things their own way. The NHS tends to dictate how work is to be done.
Celia Dawson, Off the Record
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On focusing existing DH ‘core’ funding to shift to investment in strategic partners.
It seems the choice is either national or regional strategic partners. I think these should be local strategic partners. Third sector organisations can be strategic partners. The exclusion of them, is indicated by the questions in the DH’s review.
The DH’s investment in the third sector can be improved by…
-Effective use of feedback it receives
-Promotional of national strategies via local authorities/Local Strategic Partnerships
-Be proactive in the delivery of the health, work and well-being initiative/strategy
-Have stronger management and design or principles yet give third sector groups room to breathe and listen to what they are telling you
-More sustainable on-going funding is needed, as the continued uncertainty for voluntary groups causes a drain on resources
Jane Howie, Bradford Area Occupational Health and Safety Forum
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I would like to see a further suggestion included (to the role of project funding in driving innovation, excellence and service development) covering the support and development of existing, well run charities whose activities can be measured for performance.
J.D. Bullen, The Cry-sis Helpline
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Contracting is essential where there are certain “must be dones”, which cannot be achieved by grants. Full cost recovery is essential. Open and transparent process. Clear parameters. Good wide publicity, as a responsive need as possible.
Asif Hussain, Bradnet
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