This paper reports on a recent pilot project by the English government aimed at introducing 'single pot' funding for local voluntary and community groups. It finds that implementation difficulties undermined the success of the scheme. Moreover, whilst local voluntary and community groups were...

<title>Abstract</title> The prior history of voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) as pioneers of public services during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century has lead to reification of the innovativeness of these organisations. Is this reification justified -- are VCOs inherently...

This article proposes an innovative model of marketing practice for public services. This is rooted in the paradigm of relationship marketing and emphasizes the need to build relational capital between and within organizations operating in the public services arena. It is argued that this is...

Osborne S. P. and McLaughlin K. (2004) The cross-cutting review of the voluntary sector: where next for local government-voluntary sector relationships?, Reg. Studies 38, 573-582. This paper evaluates the impact of the recent 'cross- cutting review of the voluntary sector' by HM Treasury in the...

This article evaluates the current attempt to develop local ‘compacts’ between local government and the voluntary and community sector, as a way of structuring the evolving relationships between these sectors. It is based on documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews with key...