Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Preventative Services and Children’s Charities: Policy and Paradigm Shifts
- Part II On the Frontline of Early Intervention
- Part III The Lived Realities of Commissioning Children’s Early Intervention Services
- Part IV Concluding Thoughts
- Appendix: Data and Methods: Voices from the Frontline
- References
- Index
Appendix: Data and Methods: Voices from the Frontline
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 March 2021
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Preventative Services and Children’s Charities: Policy and Paradigm Shifts
- Part II On the Frontline of Early Intervention
- Part III The Lived Realities of Commissioning Children’s Early Intervention Services
- Part IV Concluding Thoughts
- Appendix: Data and Methods: Voices from the Frontline
- References
- Index
Summary
There is a plethora of texts relating to the commissioning of voluntary sector organisations. However, there is a lack of discussion in the literature about a) the lived experience of engaging in these processes from the point of view of charities, and b) the voices and views of commissioners themselves.
We draw this data from a multi-method approach, through multiple conversations with CEOs of children's charities, staff and volunteers working within those charities and commissioners, with whom some of the charities featured had ongoing relationships.
Sampling children's charities
Sampling of these children's charities was based upon broadly delivering some form of early intervention or preventative services within a single local authority area in the South East of England. While all children's charities delivered within this single local authority area, many worked across multiple local authorities and so were able to draw on wider experiences. The initial sample of children's charities was drawn from a mapping exercise undertaken by the local authority, and further children's charities were added via knowledge gained through discussions within local networks. In total, 235 children's charities were identified as delivering services which broadly fell under this categorisation within the local authority area. Of these children's charities only 231 could be tracked, therefore four were omitted from the sample due to a lack of information. Thus, the final sample size for the research for this book was 231.
The research process for this book started with desk-based data collection, which resulted in a quantification by financial size of children's charities that have increased, stayed the same or decreased over the period (2009/10 to 2013/14) under investigation. The aim of this was to provide some descriptive information to identify any key characteristics and trends. The goal of this exercise was to collate an overview of the relationship between organisational size, geographical coverage and success in terms of maintaining or increasing income over a period of five years.
Using a combination of research tools, a database was drawn up to collect data for the following themes:
• organisational size based on financial income in 2009/10 (based on the NCVO definition of Micro < £10,000; Small £10,001– £100,000; Medium £100,001– £1 million; Large £1 million– £10 million; Major > £10 million);
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- Children's Charities in CrisisEarly Intervention and the State, pp. 223 - 230Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2020