VCS strategy Focus Group

Recognising the unique and important role of the VCS in Hackney, the Council and Hackney CVS are leading the development of a new strategy for the sector. This will sit alongside the emerging new Community Strategy and will set out the sector’s vision for the future and how we can work together to engender a thriving VCS. Given the many pressures facing the sector and the increasingly challenging funding environment this is a critical piece of work that will support the sector as a whole to continue contributing to the success of Hackney.

We initially adopted a social research approach working with a representative mix of local organisations to begin developing the vision and to set out some draft overarching strategic objectives and principles for the strategy that are relevant to and potentially benefit the whole sector. We are now broadening the engagement and offering an open invitation to local groups and organisations to attend a focus group in order to comment on these, sense check them and identify any potential gaps.