Risks in public contracts: Surer funding, a framework for improved public services

Based on research by NPC, published by acevo.

Organisations in the charitable sector are increasingly delivering public services on behalf of government. The purpose of Surer Funding is to improve public services provided by charities and not for profit organisations.

The problem
Often funding arrangements are ill-judged, unstable and wasteful. Surer Funding examines two of the most common sources of waste and inefficiency hindering charities and other non-profit groups from delivering most effectively. These are:

• the allocation of risk between purchaser and provider
• the excessive demands of processes of application and reporting
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The solution
The report presents a means to achieve change through the Surer Funding Framework.
It is based on new research by NPC, and published by acevo, with the support of the Active Communities Unit at the Home Office.

• Order a copy of Surer Funding from acevo
• Read the executive summary
• See other useful documents on government funding of charitable organisations

Who is Surer funding for?

• charities/not for profit organisations delivering public services, or those considering doing so
• public funders, including local authorities, primary care trusts, government departments and non-departmental public bodies
• those interested in the role of charitable sector organisations or in public service reform