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Creating Excellence and Funding South West have just published the results of some important research into the impact of different models of funding advice on the Voluntary and Community Sectors (VCS).
The research shows that some models of advice can have a real multiplier effect of the amount of investment brought into an area.
The report summarises the learning from five case studies exploring practice in the provision of funding advice to the VCS. Three highlight current good practice, and two consider new initiatives to plug gaps in support.
The case studies and wider work undertaken for this research demonstrate clearly the value to the VCS of good quality funding advice allied to community and organisational development, if they can be provided 'seamlessly' and at appropriate levels.
Overall, funding advice appears to be in a fragile state with resources arriving and departing over relatively short time scales. In such a climate, it is unsurprising that the VCS at local level so often struggles with issues of sustainability.
John Skrine, Head of Funding South West said, "This research gives us much to build on and shows how essential it is to support these local services."
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