Collaboration with the
Voluntary and Community
Sector
Irene Andrews
Market Development Programme Manager
Nottingham City Council
16th 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………
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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