Briefing note on local government National Indicator 6 -‘Participation in
regular volunteering’ published
04 April 2008
The Office of the Third Sector has published a briefing note to provide
Local Strategic Partnerships (local public, private and third sector
representatives) with more information and guidance on National Indicator 6
– ‘Participation in regular volunteering’.
The new local government performance framework outlined in the 2006
Communities and Local Government (CLG) white paper, Strong and Prosperous
Communities includes a single set of 198 National Indicators. These
indicators cover all the national priority outcomes which local authorities
will be responsible for delivering:
New local area agreements (LAAs) form the heart of the new framework. They
are the agreement between central government, local authorities and their
partners to improve services and the quality of life in a community.
Although performance will be measured in an area against all 198
indicators, new LAAs will be the only vehicles for agreeing shared targets
with central government. Each LAA will have up to 35 national priority
targets with specific improvement targets set for each.
The briefing note covers:
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Why NI 6 has been included in the National Indicator set
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How performance against NI 6 will be measured
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Guidance on agreeing NI 6 improvement targets
The OTS has also published a briefing note on NI 7- ‘An environment for a
thriving third sector’. This is available using the link below.
Both briefing notes are designed to compliment information already provided
by Communities and Local Government (CLG). Further information on the new
local government performance framework can be found on the
CLG website[external website]. CLG have also published
final detailed definitions for 138 of the national indicators, these can be
found via the link below.
