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Angela Harrowing, DCLG, 16th February 2011For What it's Worth: Can Social Enterprises Deliver Local Services?Social Firms UK and London Early Years FoundationLondon Working Together Network
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Community Right to Challenge
Angela HarrowingDepartment for Communities and Local Government [email protected] 0303 444 1349
What is Community Right to Challenge? Why is it needed?
• Voluntary and community bodies already successfully run numerous local services. They can often offer innovation, responsiveness to local needs, and potential cost savings. Many local authorities already make good use of the talents of these bodies, but in other places good ideas do not get a fair hearing.
• The Right will hand the initiative to voluntary and community groups, parish councils and relevant authority staff to challenge to run a service on behalf of the authority where they believe they can do so differently or better and ensure their proposals are properly considered.
• The Right will also give groups the time they need to organise themselves to challenge, and to bid in any subsequent procurement exercise for the service. We are considering what support and guidance may be provided.
How will the Right work?
Relevant services subject to
challenge
Voluntary or Community
Group
Charity
Parish Council
Relevant Authority
Staff
Expression of
Interest
Relevant Authority
Accept
Accept with modification
Reject
Relevant authority undertakes procurement exercise in line with legal requirements
No procurement triggered; relevant authority publishes reason for rejection
1 2 3
If authorities opt to set periods during which they will consider expressions
of interest, how long these should be
Time for authorities to reach a decision on
expressions of interest
Time between accepting expression(s) of interest
and commencing a procurement exercise
Consultations: Responses and events
Consultation documents and response forms are on the DCLG website:
Community Right to Challenge: www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/righttochallengeconsultation
Community Right to Buy: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/righttobuyconsultation
Events
We will be holding the following consultation events with sessions on each Community Right. If you/colleagues would like to attend part or all of an event, please email:[email protected] or [email protected]
Manchester, 9 March
Bristol, 22 March
Birmingham, 31 March
London, 13 April
