Collaboration and Merger Newsletter

There may be several reasons why voluntary and community organisations decide to work collaboratively with another organisation. While the current recession may have raised the issue for some organisations, others may have already been contemplating collaborating or merging due to funding pressures or indeed competition from organisations with similar purposes and/or the private sector. Some organisations have been working in partnership with others for years to pool skills and expertise of different organisations. More recently we are seeing full scale mergers between charities that have similar purposes and beneficiaries. It is anticipated that we will see more mergers and collaborations as funders are increasingly expecting the voluntary and community to reduce duplication.

In reponse to this, NICVA has started to produce a Collaboration and Merger Newsletter, aimed at organisations that are exploring the possibility of working more collaboratively with others.

See the latest issues below, including Issue 3, found in the attachments below.

Collaboration and Merger Newsletter Issue 1

Collaboration and Merger Newsletter Issue 2