Positive Steps Report 2007

Positive Steps was launched in March 2005 to an expectant voluntary and community sector. Many in the voluntary and community sector and government believed that this publication, coming on the back of the deliberations by the Task Force, marked a watershed in the development of the relations between both parties.

Impact of positive steps

So two years on the simple question is has the relationship between the sector and government changed as a consequence of the recommendations made in Positive Steps? NICVA has been monitoring the impact of these recommendations on the sector and we would ask you to take a couple of minutes to complete this very short survey on what you believe the impact of Positive Steps has been.

The results from this survey will be presented to the Joint Forum in March 2007. This is the third such report produced by NICVA for this group of representatives from the voluntary and community sector and government.

Measuring Positive Steps

NICVA has developed a schedule whereby once a year NICVA’s members are asked a set of short questions about their experiences of Positive Steps (this survey is the second of three designed to capture the views of the NICVA membership).

In addition a panel of 72 voluntary and community organisations has been established which will be asked the same questions about their own personal experiences of Positive Steps over a three year period. The second monitoring report is a summation of the views and experiences of this panel.

If you want any additional information about this survey or any aspect of NICVA’s monitoring of Positive Steps please contact the research team on 028 9087 7777