GCVS Change Fund Research

There is a significant lack of information and evidence available to strategic planning partners involved in this agenda about the nature, reach, quality or cost of most locally based services being provided across the city to older people by the Third Sector. 

Third Sector Mapping

The Third Sector Mapping project is a piece of work that has been funded through the Change Fund and has been be crucial in gathering and providing evidence of the contribution of the third sector to this agenda in Glasgow and to make this more visible and better understood by health planners in the city.  It has been specifically designed to build directly on Infobase activity.

Aims of the Third Sector Mapping project: 

• scope the current reach of current third sector / civil society support services

• identify the capacity and potential that exists within the city to grow more localised, community-based services

• capture examples of good practice in service delivery and opportunities for replication 

• explore and establish options for effective monitor and evaluation

The findings will inform our understanding of the role, contribution and future potential of the third sector to fully participate in Reshaping Care for Older People in the years to come and enable us to contribute towards the development of the Joint Commissioning Strategy for 2012/13.

November 2012 - Mapping Report

The Third Sector Mapping Report is now available and can be viewed below or you can download a PDF of the report.