Commissioning and the Community Sector – a guide for voluntary and community sector organisations

NAVCA (the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action), as part of a partnership of voluntary and community sector organisations called Kindle, has published "Commissioning and the Community Sector: How community sector organisations can be ready for commissioning".
The guide has been written for voluntary and community sector organisations to help them better understand how local authority commissioners are working to improve outcomes for children, young people and families, and how they can make themselves "commissioning ready".

“This publication provides an introduction to commissioning for small and medium-sized voluntary and community organisations working with children and young people. It focuses on these organisations because, due to their size and capacity, they may face challenges that make being involved in the process of commissioning particularly difficult. However, because of the nature of voluntary and community organisations, they can make a significant contribution to the aim of commissioning, which is to improve outcomes for local children, young people and families.” The full publication can be downloaded free at: www.navca.org.uk/news/kindleguide