Umbrella bodies dispute Audit Commission grant finding

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 13 September 2007

The Audit Commission's assertion that local council grant funding to the voluntary and community sector is not in decline is incorrect, according to Navca and the NCVO.

In its recent report Hearts and Minds: commissioning from the voluntary sector , the commission said there was no evidence councils were reducing total expenditure on grants. It claimed they were merely “aligning their grant giving better with their strategic priorities”. However, Kevin Curley, chief executive of Navca, has written...

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