bassac has publications on the following key areas for everyone working in the community sector:  

bassac members' experience and expertise

Community advocacy and voice

Community impact and Change Check

Collaboration: SWiM

Leadership

Diversity

Children and young people

 

bassac members 

bassac member offer:

bassac has launched its revised member offer for 2008-2009 which is based on the following core benefits:

1.- review visit
2.- networking opportunities
3.- policy advice, support and lobbying
4.- access to our main work programme 

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Thriving Neighbourhoods: bassac's strategy for 2008-2011

bassac’s new three year strategy sets out the background, vision and values that drive us and presents our strategic objectives based on our members, policy and collaborative partnerships.

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Thriving Under Pressure: community anchors in their neighbourhood
- bassac's review visit reports 2007-08

A Review Visit, one of the exclusive benefits for bassac members, is an opportunity to take a strategic look at the future. One of our staff offers an annual conversation with your chief officer at your centre. In particular, the Review Visit focuses on the challenges that you may be facing. Many of these challenges are shared by others within our network of members and we are experienced at supporting you to resolve them.

This report looks at the key issues affecting bassac members, and the solutions bassac offers to the challenges we face.

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Communities: How to create a lasting footprint in deprived communities

Find out more about the work of bassac members and how they create change in their local neighbourhoods

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Community advocacy and voice 

Calling for change: voice research findings

A mismatch of government policies and absence of funding is undermining the ability of community groups to speak out about the needs of ordinary people, according to research published by bassac.

The findings are backed by the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) and the NCVO’s Campaigning Effectiveness programme. The report, Calling for change, found that aspects of government legislation are preventing people from being part of the democratic renewal of their neighbourhoods.

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New Servants of the Community or Agents of Government? 

The role of community-based organisations and their contribution to public service delivery and civil renewal

 A research report commissioned by bassac from the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) – June 2006

Government is committed to the voluntary and community sector playing a greater role in public service delivery. This report explores the experience of ten English community-based organisations in dealing with the impact of an increasing emphasis on public service delivery for community-based organisations.

It concludes that community-based organisations have become less able to be responsive to local circumstances and increasingly preoccupied with providing public services and with ensuring their own financial sustainability.

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