Shared staff or resources

Sharing staff in Human Resources or Finance, having joint purchasing arrangements or shared IT systems are all examples of how organisations can join up their resources or functions for mutual gain. Benefits include:

• cost savings and efficiencies
• improved support services that the organisation would have difficulty accessing alone

Case studies

1. Widening training opportunities - developing a local directory to avoid duplication and identify gaps
2. Tower Hamlets Money Management Project - Collaborative solutions for reaching out to communities 
3.  North Doncaster Development Trust - Seconding staff to smaller organisations
4. Sustainable Partnership Action Network (SPAN) - Strengthening opportunities, sharing skills and resources
5. Healthy Living Network Leeds and ACRT - Supporting the development of a local community group
6. Pangbourne CAB - Local advice service developed in partnership

Resources

• Sharing without merging. A review of Collaborative working and Sharing Back Office Support in the Voluntary and Community Sector, bassac, Jan 2005
• Sharing back office services. NCVO Collaborative Working Unit, Sep 2005,
• Working together for better office infrastructure, feasibility study led by Sayer Vincent for ACEVO, 2006
• Shared systems research, ICT hub, NCVO, March 2008