Secret Millionaire

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• Secret Millionaire
• Unlocking the potential in your community.
• Rebecca Hardwick
• Third Sector Lead

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• Session Aims
• What is the Third Sector?
• What does it do?
• How its made up.
• Policy Commitments.
• How it can help.
• What you can do.

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• What is the Third Sector?
• Charitable organisations
• Community Groups
• Non-Government Organisations
• and all types of Social Enterprise
• United by and driven by the aim of improving the
  world we live in sometimes called Social
  Purpose organisations.

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What does it do? Provides goods and
services Fills gaps for communities Campaign to
draw attention to issues from the crisis in DRC
to playgroups needing better equipment Raises
money for causes Lobby parliament Provides
alternative services for people who may be
suspicious of mainstream statutory services.
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• How is it made up?
• Front Line organisations
• Local Infrastructure Organisations
• Third Sector Forums and representatives.

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Policy Commitments Assuring the high quality of
providers1 Stimulating the market, including
building on social capital, encouraging provision
via third sector organisations and the promotion
of involvement and innovation2 New policy and
government department guidance sets out the
benefits and expectations for engaging Third
Sector Organisations in the whole and ongoing
process of commissioning from involvement in
assessing the needs of communities to delivery
and review of a range of services3 Department of
Health establishing a Social Enterprise Unit and
a Social Enterprise Investment Fund to support
existing and start-up health and care social
enterprises4. References 1 Commissioning
Framework for Health and Wellbeing, Department of
Health 2007 2 World Class Commissioning
Competencies, Department of Health, December
2007 3 Guidance on Joint Strategic Needs
Assessment, p9. Department of Health, Department
for Communities and Local Government, Department
for Children, Schools and Families, December
2007.  World Class Commissioning Competencies,
Department of Health, December 2007 4 See
http//www.dh.gov.uk/en/Managingyourorganisation/C
ommissioning/Socialenterprise/index.htm for more
information.
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How can the third sector help? Provide services
to meet niche needs Help to develop NHS local by
providing access to community views. Save you
money! Give you freedom to innovate. Build social
capital. Local multiplier effect. Change the way
that we see health and care service provision.
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• What can you do?
• Be informed.
• Be involved.
• Be building.
• Be ready to be impressed.

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• James Benamour
• 'This money is spent differently to how I first
  imagined. Some of it is going on gut feel, who
  has moved me, who has touched me. I didn't expect
  it to be like that, but there are some people
  that we have met that have blown my expectations
  out of the water.'

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• For more information see
• www.rise-sw.co.uk
• www.southwestforum.org.uk
• www.navca.org.uk
• www.dh.gov.uk/en/Managingyourorganisation/Commissi
  oning/Socialenterprise/index.htm
• Or speak to me
• Rebecca.Hardwick_at_csip.org.uk Third Sector Lead,
  07768 612736