Helping the sector deliver public services

The government has published a series of documents relating to its commitment to working in partnership with charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises in delivering public services. News item at http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/news/news_stories/081211_psap.aspx, direct links as follows:

-- 'Working in a consortium: A guide for third sector organisations involved in public service delivery', pdf, 335KB, http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/107235/consortium%20guide%20final.pdf.

-- The results of a project examining 'social clauses' in contracts as a way of promoting the social impact of public service delivery. In pdf, 115KB, http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/107238/social%20clauses%20report%20final.pdf.

-- A progress update on the Public Services Action Plan published in 2006 includes "the Government’s key achievements" such as "Transforming the commissioning landscape by supporting and encouraging public sector commissioners to work more closely with the sector" and establishing the Innovation Exchange. 'Partnership in Public Services: the public services action plan Two years on' pdf, 136KB, http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/107232/psap_two_years_on.pdf.

-- And Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) publishes the government's response to its report 'Public Services and the Third Sector: Rhetoric and Reality'.