Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations

Cabinet Office and HM Treasury

Comprehensive Spending Review: Review of the Future Role of the Third Sector in Social and Economic Regeneration – Consultation with the Third Sector

As part of the 2006 Budget statement, the Chancellor announced that HM Treasury would undertake a review of the future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration.

The aim of the review is to examine how the sector and government can work better together and what the government needs to do to enable the sector to thrive. While the Third Sector Review seeks to examine the future role of the sector in social and economic regeneration in its broadest sense, and to support the sector over the coming spending review period, there are six themes which forms the basis of this consultation;

• Cohesive communities and building voice for citizens;
• Partnership working to deliver a shared agenda;
• Promoting innovation and enterprise;
• Creating a culture of volunteering and mentoring;
• Future role of the sector in shaping and delivering public services; and
• Creating a sustainable resource base

The Third Sector Review is part of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) process.  The CSR examines the whole of government spending for the next financial period. The Review will report to a cross-departmental ministerial group, and this will feed into the Comprehensive Spending Review recommendations, due to report in spring 2007.

Related Links

• Cabinet Office Press release - Prime Minister sets out 10–year vision for how government can support a thriving third sector (opens in a new window)
• The Future Role of the Third Sector in Social and Economic Regeneration: Final report (opens in a new window)
• CEMVO's response to this consultation for the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury (PDF document)