Update from Victoria Westhorp, OCSI Local Team Head of London & South:

“FOR INFORMATION ONLY – Please see below updates and links we trust you will find of interest”

Office for Civil Society (OCS) transferred from Cabinet Office to Department of Culture, Media, and Sport – A message from Mark Fisher, Director of the Office for Civil Society, 21 July 2016 below.

Office for Civil Society (OCS) Updates:

• Local Charities Day

• Fundraising Regulator

• Life Chances Fund and Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) launched

• Community Life Survey

• Big Lottery Fund annual report 2015 to 2016

• Consultation into distribution of Big Lottery Fund

Updates from other Government Departments:

• Community sponsorship scheme launched for refugees in the UK

• Great British High Street Competition 2016

• Community Libraries – good practice toolkit

• 2017/18 NHS standard contract

Stakeholder Updates:

• VCSE Review Published – Joint Review of Partnerships and Investments in VCSE in the health and social care sector

• Small Charities Coalition

• New Marketing Guide for small community enterprises

• ‘Now, New & Next’ Arts fundraising

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