Reports, publications and data

As a direct result of the coronavirus outbreak, local authorities across England are issuing dire warnings. They are facing financial challenges which are unprecedented, and that their financial stability is, in places, in question.i

In this article:

• What factors are creating this risk?
• What happens if a local authority runs out of money?
• What does this mean for local infrastructure organisations (and the story from Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire)
• What to do now – planning and risk

The King’s Fund was commissioned by the Department of Health to conduct research that would explore how and why clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local authorities chose to engage with the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. This report first sets out the methodology used and then presents  findings on the factors that underpin the adoption of different approaches. The report's authors discuss how commissioners’ perceptions of their own strategic role, as well as their views on what role the VCSE sector plays in the local area, appear to exert a strong influence on commissioning decisions. 

Brexit is the firing gun on a decade of disruption. As the UK negotiates its new place in the world, an accelerating wave of economic, social and technological change will reshape the country, in often quite radical ways. In this report, the IPPR sets out five powerful trends that will drive change in the 2020s. 

The report of the House of Lords Select Committee on the future of charities.

If the current political context teaches us anything, it is that we are in complex times. Complexity of need is increasing and old certainties about the role of state, economy  and society are being thrown into question.  Our assumptions about what people want,  need and aspire to, are changing. Our places are recognised as complex systems, influenced by many but controlled by none. Report published by Collaborate.

This report describes the SPOC model, how it works, the value it can bring and 

the critical elements of a successful SPOC. It also provides examples of where a 

SPOC is already allowing people to benefit from improved commissioning