Commission on the Future of the Voluntary Sector (CFVS)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 CFVS
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: Commission on the Future of the Voluntary Sector (CFVS)
Date(s)	: 1993-1996
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 5 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Commission on the Future of the Voluntary Sector

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Commission on the Future of the Voluntary Sector was initiated [in 1994] by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations with the objective of identifying the distinctive nature of voluntary organisations and determining the range of work which they might be expected to achieve, and thus allowing the Commission to influence public policy. A Commission of 12 individuals with experience in the voluntary sector was appointed, with Jane Kershaw as the secretary. It collected written and oral evidence and also arranged local meetings and visits. Meeting the challenge of change: voluntary action into the 21^st century was published in Jul 1996.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Commission on the Future of the Voluntary Sector (CFVS), 1993-1996. The first section comprises administrative material, such as background material on the establishment, membership and work of the Commission; papers and research on the subject used by the Commission; reports on research visits made by members of the CFVS in 1995; a copy of the final report, Meeting the challenge of change: voluntary action into the 21^st century, 1996. The second section contains evidence submitted to the CFVS, 1995-1996, by voluntary organisations, individuals with experience of, or research interest in, the voluntary sector, government departments, and representative organisations. There is an alphabetical index of contributors in the handlist.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The papers have been divided into 2 sections: administrative papers and evidence received. The latter section is arranged alphabetically.

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright retained by the donor and their heirs. Most documents may be photocopied.

Finding aids:

Temporary handlist and partial on-line catalogue available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Given by the Commission on the Future of the Voluntary Sector, via Jane Kershaw, in 1996.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Oct 2000