Supporting collaboration and partnerships in a changing context - a BIG commissioned project

Submitted by eliza@ivar.org.uk on Fri, 03/04/2011 - 17:19

IVAR has been commissioned by the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) to undertake a study exploring options for supporting applicants and grant-holders to collaborate more effectively and so deliver agreed project outcomes more successfully.

The study aims to:

  • Identify contemporary challenges to collaborative working including: policy and economic change, specifically public sector retrenchment; and the shifting relationship between VCS and statutory organisations
  • Identify the key implications of these challenges for VCS funders generally, and BIG in particular
  • Synthesise the existing body of knowledge and practical experience of collaboration, and consider its relevance and application to contemporary challenges faced by BIG, its grant-holders and the communities they support
  • Add to the existing body of knowledge and practical experience of collaboration by gathering and distilling contemporary examples of collaborative working, including what helps and hinders their success.

The study will culminate in March 2011 and aims to inform the way that BIG develops its programmes and processes.

For more information contact Leila Baker, Senior Research Officer at IVAR: leila@ivar.org.uk.