Collaboration with the Voluntary and Community

Sector

Irene AndrewsMarket Development Programme Manager

Nottingham City Council16th October 2013

What do we mean by Collaboration?The action of working with someone to produce something (Oxford English Dictionary)

Collaboration is working with each other to do a task and to achieve shared goals (Wikipedia)

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” (Henry Ford – Entrepreneur 1863 – 1947)

Partnership and Collaboration(what we are) (what we do)

The defining attributes of collaboration;• Intellectual and co-operative

• Knowledge and expertise more important than role or title

• Joint venture

• Team working

• Participation in planning and decision making

• Non-hierarchical relationship

• Sharing of expertise

• Willingness to work together towards an agreed purpose

• Trust and respect in collaborators

• Great communication

Current Collaboration

Defining principals;• VCS Key Partners• Compact Plus Framework 2008• Equality Act 2010• Localism Act 2011 & 2013• Nottingham Plan 2020

Collaboration, the story so far………• Commitment to supporting a thriving

third sector• Streamlining of historical grant

arrangements • Infrastructure support for VCS• Established Consortiums with Lead

Organisations and Area Based Grants• Review of Communities of Identity

funding

Future Collaboration• Preferable to adopt one change at a time • Current working practice promotes

collaboration which should be regarded as ‘the norm’ rather than the exception

• Collaboration should bring additional resources

• Greater flexibility will bring greater accountability

Thank you for listening

QUESTIONS

Irene Andrews

Irene.andrews@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

0115 876 5506