How should London Councils use their grant resources?
London Councils is undertaking an extensive consultation exercise to establish the best way of using its grant resources for the benefit of boroughs, voluntary groups and people living in the capital.
Under the existing system, London’s boroughs take a decision each year to pool some of their funding and fund voluntary services on a regional level through the London Councils Grants Programme. The consultation is looking at whether a pan-London grants scheme is the best way for the money to be used, or whether boroughs can achieve a greater impact by spending money on their own locally determined priorities.
The consultation will run until 10 November 2010 and London Councils is urging all those working or with an interest in the voluntary sector to take part in the online survey and make their views heard, including the London Boroughs; other key funders of the voluntary and community sector in London; other major public sector bodies working in London; and of course voluntary sector organisations (that are currently commissioned, and those that are not).
London Councils recommend that you read both the background paper and review the consultation form before starting your responses on-line.
Download the background paper.
The online form seeks views on:
- The overarching proposal for change
- Categorisation of each currently commissioned service into London-wide, sub-regional, and "essentially local in nature" groupings
- The timescale for change
- The wider impacts of change
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