# NCVO creates Funding Commission

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/06/13/ncvo-creates-funding-commission/
- Published: 2008-06-13T06:56:14+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

NCVO, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, is to establish a new Funding
Commission that will look at financial provision for civil society after 2010.

With a secretariat hosted by NCVO, the Commission will appoint a Chair by the end
of this year.

Starting work in 2009, the Commission will then gather evidence drawn from civil
society organistaion on the state of funding in the sector. It will then respond
to the sector’s present concerns and uncertainty about funding over the next ten
years and “take responsibility for setting a new funding agenda”.

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The Commission follows NCVO’s findings, published in its 2008 Civil Society Almanac,
published in February 2008, that 10% of larger charities with incomes over £10 million
frequently experience sharp trends in income. The uncertainty of income streams 
can of course make financial planning problematic.

Stuart Etherington, CEO of NCVO said the Commission’s job “will be to come up with
practical and public policy proposals that ensure secure funding for the voluntary
sector, for the longer term.”

www.ncvo-vol.org.uk

 * **[NCVO Funding Commission meets for first time](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/02/14/ncvo-funding-commission-meets-first-time/)**(
   14 February 2009)
 * **[Fundraising visit scheme applications close on 13 March](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/02/27/fundraising-visit-scheme-applications-close-13-march/)**(
   27 February 2009)
 * **[NCVO offers Party Conference Bursary Scheme 2009](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/05/06/ncvo-offers-party-conference-bursary-scheme-2009/)**(
   6 May 2009)