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For those members that might not be aware, our core funding is provided
by Northamptonshire County Council. As for most voluntary sector organisations
this tends to come in a three year package. Our current three year funding
round expires in March 2007. This has led to the need to submit a bid
to the County Council for continuation funding from 2007/2008 for the
next three years.
Part of our consolidation, and hence reduction in overall projected costs
has been to take the opportunity of the expiration of the lease at Charles
House, to work out of the NCompass offices. Feedback so far from users
has been that they like the new premises, and the partnership with NCompass
has not compromised service provision. On that basis it is likely that
the arrangement will continue, particularly as NCompass has provided a
formal commitment to the NLGBA Executive for as long as it is funded as
a voluntary organisation.
This has meant that our bid to the County Council has been able to be
reduced by some 25% maintaining the same service level, plus also with
some tapering of that funding over the following two years. This will
clearly make our bid both realistic and achievable. Hovever at present
it is difficult to predict an outcome, and we will not hear until March
2007 making planning post April 2007 a challenge.
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