'Be pragmatic on cost recovery'

By Mathew Little, Third Sector, 1 August 2007

The voluntary sector needs to take a more pragmatic approach to recovering full costs from local council funders, according to the Audit Commission.

In a new report, Hearts and Minds: Commissioning from the Voluntary Sector, the commission argues that the debate over full cost recovery had created a false expectation in certain parts of the sector that more money would be available for the services it provides. However, with limited budgets, local councils...

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