# Government commits to change on voluntary sector funding

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/11/24/government-commits-change-voluntary-sector-funding/
- Published: 2005-11-24T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Government yesterday acknowledged that there were problems with funding of the
voluntary sector. 
Home Office Permanent Secretary, Sir John Gieve, recognised that
the Government lacked expertise in working with the voluntary sector at the Public
Accounts Committee hearing. The hearing took place to discuss the recommendations
of the National Audit Office (NAO) report on government funding of the voluntary
and community sector, ‘Working with the Third Sector’.

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) was commissioned by the 
NAO to research the impact of government funding practices on the sector in order
to inform the report.

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