Daniela Silcock

I agree Saskia, smaller groups need to be assisted to engage with commissioning.

I also think it is important that in taking government money, VCOs are still allowed a degree of operational autonomy as the high quality services they deliver are often a result of their public service ethos.

In designing an ‘action plan’ for the 3rd sector it is important for the government to recognise that part of the attraction that voluntary organisations hold is due to their very nature of being...