Collaboration: Should the umbrellas all get together?

By Stephen Bubb, Third Sector, 11 June 2008

One of the sector's great strengths is its diversity, but its leadership bodies and infrastructure organisations should be open to the idea of collaboration and even sharing the same office space, says Stephen Bubb.

You can't buck the market," they say. I suspect this applies as much to the third sector as it does to commerce. Public spending is getting tighter. The recession will hit fundraising and grants. Contracting will become fiercer. But our opportunity lies in the strength and power of the third...