Cabinet Office Third Sector

Public services

The Office of the Third Sector aims to reduce the barriers to the third sector's involvement in designing, delivering and improving public services. 

In this section:

• Public services background
  An introduction to the role of the third sector in delivering public services. 
• Public service delivery action plan 
  The Government's action plan for third sector involvement in public services.
• National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning
  A four-year programme to invest in the skills of public sector commissioners and improve the third sector's bidding capacity.
• Social clauses in public procurement
  Work on tackling barriers to the use of social clauses in public contracts and spreading best practice.
• Innovation Exchange
  A three-year pilot project aimed at providing innovators with access to the resources to realise their ideals.