April 26th 2012
Panel to hold open evidence gathering session in central London. For more information on the evidence session, click here.
To read the press release click here
January 9th 2012
The Independence Panel publishes the first of five annual assessments, Protecting Independence: the Voluntary Sector in 2012, today.
To read the press release, click here. Dame Anne Owers also wrote a comment piece in the Guardian.
July 14th 2011
The Panel on the Independence of the Voluntary Sector today publishes its first consultation report. To read the press release click here. The full consultation report can be found here. To read an article about the consultation by the Chair of the Panel, Dame Anne Owers, click here.
To find out more about who responded, click here.
July 7th 2011
Read the piece on the Independence Panel by John Plummer in Third Sector.
July 2011
The Panel on the Independence of the Voluntary Sector established by the Baring Foundation
A new Panel has been established to look at independence in the voluntary sector. Funded by the Baring Foundation, the Panel will consult widely and produce a series of reports and recommendations aimed at supporting and sustaining the most effective environment for voluntary activity.
The Panel will review the best available evidence and deploy its own expertise in reaching a judgement on the state of independence. Where necessary, it will make recommendations to government, the voluntary sector and others to strengthen independence and to improve the evidence base.
The Panel will issue its first statement in the late 2011 and will make an annual statement over the following four years. To help achieve its aims, it will engage others in discussion, including leaders, funders, opinion formers and the public, and will aim to disseminate its annual statement to a wide audience, including front-line voluntary organizations, infrastructure bodies, politicians, funders including charitable trusts, policy-makers and academics.
To find out more about the Panel, click here.