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Gateway for Community Enterprise - Procurement Website Launch - 13/11/2006
What to expect from a meeting with Gareth - 29/11/2006 Gareth meets 3rd sector organisations from around Lancashire on a daily basis, but what does he actually do? Well, perhaps these pictures can explain.
Public Sector Procurement Team’s Confirm Their Support to the 3rd Sector Procurement Scheme: - 27 April 2007 Sylvia Richardson – Ex Acting Head of Procurement of Lancashire County Council and new Head of Procurement at Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council states: “The new government White Paper, Strong and Prosperous Communities, promotes the use of the 3rd Sector to tackle some of the biggest challenges for local government. Their expertise and enterprise needs to be harnessed and local authorities need to look beyond their own service delivery and consider a wider range of providers. Changes in funding mean that 3rd Sector organisations are having to look for alternatives to grants and to bid for local authority work. Trading can be challenging for 3rd Sector but can also be more sustainable in long term. The funding of a Procurement Officer to work with Voluntary, Community, Faith organisations & social enterprises and to give advice on looking for tender opportunities, delivering presentations, marketing their business and contract implementation is an important step in helping 3rd Sector organisations rise to these new challenges and demonstrates Lancashire County Council’s commitment to working with the 3rd Sector.” Anne Burton of East Lancashire e-Partnership Procurement team states: "East Lancs e-Patnership supports the 3rd Sector Procurement project in Lancashire and is committed to helping it become a success." James Douglas of Chorley Borough Council states: “Working with Gareth White from Lancashire County Developments Ltd, Chorley Borough Council is committed to providing procurement opportunities for social enterprises in the North West.”
SELNET Trade Directory - 2007-08 To support the Lancashire social enterprise sector SELNET has developed this Trade Directory, the first of its kind for Lancashire, with support from the Northwest Development Agency and Lancashire County developments Ltd. It will be added to on a regular basis so keep coming back to view organisations delivering services throughout Lancashire and in many cases outside the region.
Public want their local services run by social enterprises rather than the government. - 16 November 2007 Almost two thirds of the public want their local services run by social enterprises rather than the government, according to a poll out today.
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