CVSF Briefings

An important element of CVSF's work is providing information to members so that they are able to do their work most effectively. To that end, we have started to produce CVSF Briefings, which together with any other relevant documents (in italics), can be downloaded by following the links below.

CVSF Briefing No 27 Welfare Reform

CVSF Briefing No 26 Report of the Francis Inquiry into Care Provided By Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

CVSF Briefing No 25 Charitable Incorporated Organisations

CVSF Briefing No 24 Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy

CVSF Briefing No 23 Community Asset Mapping

CVSF Briefing No 22 Budget Briefing - easy read 2012

CVSF Briefing No 21 State of the Sector 2012

CVSF Briefing No 20 B&H City Council Committee System

CVSF Briefing No 19 The Social Value Act

CVSF Briefing No 18 Localism Update

CVSF Briefing No 17 Police and Crime Commissioner

CVSF Briefing No 16 Social Finance & Alt. Funding Models

CVSF Briefing No 15 Commissioning at August 2012

CVSF Briefing No 14 Changes in Health

CVSF Briefing No 13  Grants vs. Contracts

CVSF Briefing No 12  Community Asset Transfer

CVSF Briefing No 11  Measuring What Matters

CVSF Briefing No 10  Citizen Voice and Action 
                                     (a CVSF and LINk briefing)

CVSF Briefing No 9   10:10 Climate Change

LINk Briefing No 8     The Future of the NHS 
                                     Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS

CVSF Briefing No 7    What is Co-production?

                                    Guardian article                             

CVSF Briefing No 6   The Big Society

                                    NAVCA's Big Society pages 
                                    Urban Forum's Big Society page 

                                    Building The Big Society
                                    Cabinet Office press release re Big Society
                                    Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society 
                                    Open Letter to the Third Sector

CVSF Briefing No 5   The Coalition Government

CVSF Briefing No 4   Intelligent Commissioning

CVSF Briefing No 3   Personalisation
                                    Personalisation definitions  
                                    Persoanlisation: a rough guide
                                    Personalisation fictional case study

CVSF Briefing No 2   The General Election (guide to manifestos)

CVSF Briefing No 1   The Future of Fundraising  

                                    A Council The City Deserves & Summary
                                    CVSF's Position Statement 
                                    Letter from BHCC re government grants