Criteria for Judging Government Funding Arrangements for the Community Sector

NZ Council of Christian Social Services, in partnership with the NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations, and in consultation with the NZ Council of Social Services, produced this paper “to make a positive contribution towards the work that the government is doing on improving funding arrangements for the community sector.” It defines what makes a ‘good’ funding system, summarises the views of community-based social service providers on a ‘good’ funding system, identifies the ‘right environment’ for such a system to develop, and specifically identifies ten elements of a good funding system – which provides criteria for assessing any system.