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Performance workstream

The National Performance Programme led by Charities Evaluation Services

Helping third sector organisations become more effective, efficient and sustainable through improving performance management.

 
Workstream partnership

Lead agency: Charities Evaluation Services (CES)

Partners: the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), New Economics Foundation (nef), New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) and Voice4Change England

 
Key aims for 2008-2011
  • support providers are better able to give skilled performance management support to frontline organisations
  • third sector organisations are better able to manage and improve their own performance
  • there is an improved evidence base helping to make a strong case for performance management.
Benefits for support providers
  • tailored affordable training close to base
  • expert mentoring and discussion with peers through an online forum
  • guides to choosing most appropriate tools
  • new resources to cover identified gaps
  • cost/benefit analyses of different performance approaches
  • help in assessing social, environmental and economic impacts
  • access to well-researched evidence on performance management.
Key opportunities for the third sector
  • responding to increasing demand for organisational accountability
  • the need for ongoing learning and development
  • responding successfully to an increasingly complex funding environment
  • finding sufficient resources to address performance improvement.

In addition to the delivery partners, we work with a group of ‘critical friends’ - organisations who provide us with technical advice and guidance on ways to extend our reach.