HND Public Services Unit 23: Third Sector and Public Services Report

This report provides a detailed analysis of the third sector's role in public services, examining key government initiatives that shape the social economy. It explores the benefits and limitations of partnerships between the third sector and the public sector, highlighting the impact of these collaborations, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report discusses financial assistance, outsourcing strategies, and international social investment initiatives. It also addresses the challenges and advantages of working with the public sector, including the impact on service delivery, the role of charities, and the need for effective collaboration. The report concludes by emphasizing the critical support provided by the third sector to public organizations and social communities in challenging circumstances.

Third Sector and
Public Services

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Key government Initiatives to shape social economy.................................................................3
Benefits and limitations of working in a partnership with a public sector..................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Organization may not have the survival without the further support and investments of the third
part organization. The third sector organization have their urgent roles to pays in the recovery of
the COVID 19 situation all around the UK. As per the expert it has ben clearly warned as there
without the support and the investments of the third-party organizations, this have been turning
out to be struggles to make the survivals (Bendell, 2017). In this report there will be clear
discussion on the proper evaluation of the key governate initiatives which have helps in shaping
the socials economy. In additions to there will be detailed outbreaks of there justification in term
of third-party organizations in delivering their service to public one. At last their main benefit ad
imitation will be disuse of the working in partnership with the public sector.
MAIN BODY
Key government Initiatives to shape social economy
Government and initiatives taken by the government plays important role in shaping
social economy. Government also works and function for the public and organisations in social
economy also are working for public. Organisation in social economy has contributed in
enhancing living of people and is also playing key role in supporting public services. Social
economy and organisation in social economy have also played important role in Covid-19 crisis
(Hazenberg and et.al., 2016). Some of the initiatives that have been taken by government to
shape the social economy between 1990 to present day are as follows-
Financial Assistance- This is one important initiative that has been taken by the government to
contribute in social economy. There are several ways in which government is providing financial
assistance to organisations operating in social economy. This is through direct contribution and
through subsidies. This is important that these organisations are provided financial assistance and
the reason is that financial assistance allows them to operate successfully without financial
barriers. Financial difficulties and shortage often create barrier in effective functioning and
through financial assistance this difficulty and barrier in effective performance can be removed.
Outsourcing- This means that government provide contract to social economy organisations
because they consider them similar to corporate. In such situation they contribute in operation of
the social economy and its benefit are benefits to public as these organisations are operating for
public and social interest. This is one of the important step and initiative of government in
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shaping social economy. This also involve relevant as productivity, output and employment
through social economy. In this it is important that contract should be that they deliver public
interest of efficiency and effectiveness and social value (Sabates-Wheeler and et.al., 2020). This
is effective initiative as this is connect public services with those that are also providing their
services with similar motive and intention to enhance shared value and contribute in enhancing
society as a place for everyone who is a part of the society.
International Social Investment Strategy
Government has taken this initiative to position UK as a global centre for the social
economy. This strategy of the government aims at attracting social investment to UK and
encourages social enterprises from foreign to set up their organisations in UK. Along with this
government strategy also involve support to increased export and franchising by social
enterprises of UK and bring learning from successful innovation and practices of social sector.
This shows ambition and objectives of UK government concerned with their social economy and
this is why strong strategies have been developed by the government (Oslington, 2017). The
strategy of UK in context of social economy is based on revolutionizing the way that public
services are delivered and align interest of local authorities, social investors and charities. In
order to ensure effective impact of these strategies that are being developed and delivered by the
government more than one organisation and departments of UK will be delivering these
strategies.
In the unpredicted time of the COVID 19 situation, everyone is looking for there the
support to the individuals, families m an communities in order to cope with the sever level of
impact of the covid 19 having the different life’s. There has been the clear level of
reorganization that’s their third sector have the critical level of support in there supporting the
needs to he public organization and social community in the challenging circumstances.
Many organizations have been in touch to make the adaption of the delivery services which are
being faced on the ground levels along with the additional support the government have been
providing to make the appropriates with the public and part part sector in perfect manner.
Third sector organization have the uniquely places in order to have the understanding the
nature of challenges is being faced by the communities at this critical situation of the COVID 29.
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There have been taken the positive development areas along with action taken against the issues
especially in relation to any gaps which are emerging in provision any of services.
Public services have the gaining the lot of the working with the third sector organizations
which have unfitting across the policy and geographical areas. There is need to have
understanding there serves and communities that’s the public sector have the need to be
addresses.
This have developed the classes to the people that’s the public sector have the want to reaches
along with delivering the outcomes that public sect have the finds harder to believes on its own
(Rees and Mullins, D. eds., 2016). There is need have the performance delivering services which
tends to be specking oy the need for the public sectors and moving to the society in perfect
manner. This such activity has been based on their drop in service advises for the people in
unimaginable det right through the charity nationals communisations to have delivering there
service to the public in perfect manner (Dowrick and Martin, 2016). The public sector has the
often make more tended regarding the charity as the social interreceptor have been the little level
of differences form the major corporates. This have been expected to the bid of contracts as
expected to be subsidies.
Incredibility there have the growth in term of outsourcing perspectives along with political an
technical factors which have not been driven with the systematic review and analysis for the
effectiveness. This have been the absence of systematic evidences and analyse in term of the
public internet.
St John Ambulance have been providing the breakdown services to the several ambulance
services across the UK along with working in out to have the further role in support schemes
which is keeping there UK emergency’s services as moving o the COVID 19 situation. In
addition to that the ambulance have been ready with no layoffs along with continuing with
hansom agreements to keep the ambulance staffed ready of the time regarding to deals with any
kin of emergency (Harlock, 2019). The ‘Last Ride Service’ will be available for all communities
irrespective of caste, creed and religion, said the group members of ‘Feed The Needy’ team.
Moving to the next example the British red cross has the supported there OVID 19 relief
efforts in order to have the building in the temporary hospitals facilities along with distributing
the hygiene level of kites to the frontline workers and homeless. The have make sure their health
an socials acre in order to provide the people with safe effective and compassionate high-quality
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heaths along with anchoring the significant improvement to inspect the health services and the
social development.
In addition, o that Legal or advocacy advice have been developing the plans to make
there to have the consideration over practising their balance of safety to the staff an padrone of
the business with the mission o the proving the community. Social workers have there to look
after the health an previously professionals to make the proper condition of the impact of the
coronavirus on their well-being, the people to whom they provide services, their families, and
others in the community.
The varsities have been the wider level of social sector which substate there outsourcing a
which re different from the large level of corporates by promoting their positive level of
attributes. This have been more enabling being driven as there not distributing the profits to
shareholders and being firmly based in their communities.
Benefits and limitations of working in a partnership with a public sector
In the context of partnership it can be said that it is one of the effective ways of business as
companies in partnership share their perceptions, views, knowledge with each other’s which
make them able to work and perform functions in an effective manner (Bano, 2019). There are
several banks and financial organizations who are working in a partnership like NCVO, ACEVO
and Lloyd's with the main aim of competing from other players and making an effective
collaboration between organizations (Alcock, 2016). Public sectors of organizations seek to
partner with 3rd party sector because of competition and collaboration. They are working in
partnership in order to know that how to rebalance the relationship between small as well as
large voluntary organizations. Working in a partnership is not an easy task as companies have to
face some problems as well. Some benefits and limitations of partnership working with public
sector include:
Better services: Working in partnership with public sector as NCVO, ACEVO and
Lloyd's banks are doing allow them to deal and fulfil higher level of demands and supporting
general people whom public sector serves (Competition and Collaboration, 2018). While
managing a range of different issues people or general public require help and support from more
than 1 organization. So, overall it can be said that providing better services to general people is
the main benefit.
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Improving living standard: The main aim of public sector organizations is to improve living
standard of people and also reducing the gap between the poor and the rich (Mullins, 2016). It is
not an easy task because developing countries are more than developed countries and there are
several people who still do not have access to health care and basic needs (Bendell, 2017). So, by
making partnership and cooperating with public sector, companies can accomplish this goal and
can improve living standard of people and societies.
Disadvantages
Expensive: It is found that some organizations face problems in working with public
companies as like partnership as they think that it is an ineffective as well as costly way of
financing infrastructure. Public companies require providing long tern profits to private
companies and sometimes fulfilling promises can be expensive and failure. It is also stated that
sometimes payments of partnership of public sector payments obligations postponed for later
periods which can affect negatively and also reflect future public sector fiscal indicators.
Time-consuming: One of the other main limitations of disadvantages of working with
public sector companies as a partnership is this service procurement process can be time-
consuming. Some organizations also stated that this process of working as a partnership with
public sector organizations are comparatively complex and lack of flexibility. They also face
problems in evaluation of all financial and other data or information related to project which can
affect future activities.
So, from the above discussed it can clearly be said that working with public organizations
as a partnership plays an important role but having only some limitations.
CONCLUSION
From the above file, it can be concluded as there has been the clear level of reorganization that’s
their third sector have the critical level of support in there supporting the needs to he public
organization and social community in the challenging circumstances. There is need have the
performance delivering services which tends to be specking oy the need for the public sectors
and moving to the society in perfect manner. The have make sure their health an socials acre in
order to provide the people with safe effective and compassionate high-quality heaths along with
anchoring the significant improvement to inspect the health services and the social development.
Partnership and cooperating with public sector, companies can accomplish this goal and can
improve living standard of people and societies.
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REFERENCES
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