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Partnership Working & Mergers

Thinking about a partnership, merger of collaboration?  ACEVO Consulting can support you from start to finish.

Consortium Working

The Service

  • Do organisations band together to deliver public services in your area?
  • Are you involved in supporting them?
  • Would you like to unlock additional income for the sector by making more of these opportunities locally?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, we at ACEVO Consulting can help you.

ACEVO and NCA

ACEVO was lead agent for the Capacity Builders’ Income Generation programme, 2008 – 2011 and provided set up support to 7 consortia.

Neil Coulson has worked on 100 different voluntary sector consortia across the country, including

  • Birmingham Mental Health Consortium
  • Blackburn Child & Young People’s Consortium
  • Lancashire Children, Young People & Families Consortium
  • Sheffield Well-Being Consortium

What help could you get?

  • Licenced material and support.
  • The latest expertise on structures consortia can take.
  • Advice on developing a business model – to generate income for your CVS through support provided to a consortium.
  • Expertise on cutting back office functions such as data management.
  • Help with technical issues around contracting (e.g. tupe) or with generating supply chains within consortia.

What If I’m Interested?

Call John Gillespie now on 020 7280 4938 and find out more

Merger Support

The Service

If you are looking to merge with another organisation, or are in the process of merging, we can help you to get to where you need to be.

We can provide the following support:

  • Project management for the merger process
  • Consultancy support on a particular aspect of the merger
  • Free Case studies to help you to develop your own strategy on light of real results
  • A guide to collaborative working; decision trees, worksheets and special  tips
  • Connect you with companies that can support your IT infrastructure and help you with establishing merged infrastructure services

If you would like to look at any of these arrangements as a way of scaling your impact or harnessing your USP, a good first step is to contact John at ACEVO to talk through the various options.