Opportunities and Challenges that Objective 3 funding has provided for the VCS

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Opportunities and Challenges that Objective 3
funding has provided for the VCS

• Neil Irving

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Three stages of Objective 3

• Direct bidding
• Initial co-financing
• Current co-financing
• After Objective 3
• VCS involvement in future ESF funded work

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Direct bidding

• Bid to GOYH
• Within the broad priorities set out in the
  Regional Development Plan
• Need own match funding (55)
• Much successful delivery
• Relatively few VCOs from YNY bid little
  experience and very little match funding

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Initial co-financing (i)

• Bid to LSC or JCP
• Within the priorities set out by LSC or JCP
• LSC or JCP provide match funding
• Many more VCOs from YNY successfully bid and
  delivered

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Initial co-financing (ii)

• LSC and JCP stretched because of the large number
  of contracts
• Sold as a simple process, but after the outline
  application stage it became as complex as direct
  bidding
• Much successful delivery

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Current co-financing (i)

• Tender to run projects devised by LSC or JCP
• Fewer projects - delivering across large areas
  (often the sub-region)
• LSC or JCP provide match funding
• Partnerships (with lead) essential
• Some potential partners involved in competing
  bids
• Required quality standards

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Current co-financing (ii)

• Relatively few VCOs from YNY tendered only a
  limited number have the capacity to be lead
  partner and sub-regional coverage
• JCP now tendering based on their district
  boundaries (bigger than sub-region)
• Short-term funding and provision

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Current co-financing (iii)

• Positive experience of partnership facilitation
  sessions
• Positive cross-sector and cross-sub-region
  partnerships
• Much successful delivery
• LSC and JCP have greater experience of working
  with and contracting to the VCS

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After Objective 3 (i)

• VCS can and should play a part in future ESF
  funded work
• VCS has a good track record of successful
  delivery by quality assured providers to many
  individuals and communities
• VCS utilises innovative delivery methods and
  reaches many learners not reached by other
  providers

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After Objective 3 (ii)

• RES (draft 2006/15) Objective 4
• To connect people to good jobs
• Utilise the voluntary sector to reach local
  people and improve service delivery
• Utilise and build the capacity of the voluntary
  sector and social enterprises to deliver
  appropriate mainstream services

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• Neil Irving
• Chief Officer
• North Yorkshire Forum for Voluntary Organisations
• Crayke House, Birch Way, Easingwold, York YO61
  3FB
• Tel [phone] Fax 01347
  824246
• neil.irving_at_nyfvo.org.uk www.nyfvo.org.uk
• Registered charity number 518117
• Presentation to the York North Yorkshire
  Objective 3 Seminar on 29 March 2006