VCS Development

One East Midlands continues to support the Listen Value Invest, a North West campaign, aiming to highlight the real and current issues faced by the VCS and the wider communities it serves. As part of this, we are looking for case studies of VCS organisations in the East Midlands and how they are adjusting to the new climate. 2012 will be a challenging year for the VCS, with continued significant reductions in public spending, proposals for public service reform and a de-centralisation of power from a central to a local level.

One East Midlands is coordinating a response to the Big Lottery Fund's Building Capabilities for Impact and Legacy discussion paper, which is aimed at VCS frontline and infrastructure support and development organisations, setting out their approach to building capabilities within voluntary organisations.

One East Midlands will shortly be producing an electronic and paper directory of consultants who provide great services to the VCS in the East Midlands. However, we can only do this with your help. If your organisation has used consultants in any area of its work, from finance to design, law to social media and everything in between, and you would happily provide them with a great reference, let us know.