Intermediary bodies in the 1990s: New settings, old problems?

✍ Scribed by John Lansley

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 800 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1048-6682
• DOI: 10.1002/nml.4130070206

✦ Synopsis

Intermediary bodies liaise between the voluntary and statutory sectors. Frequently, they have alsofunctioned as local development bodies. This article examines changes in the position of intermediary bodies following the growth of welfare pluralistic policies in the late I980s, as viewed from theframework ofa case study ofthe Council for Voluntary Service in northwest England. The author concludes that while the voluntary and statutory sectors may now be more willing to accept an intermediary role for such bodies, it remains di_fficult for them also to undertake development work.

OC~AL policy changes in the 1980s and 1990s have led to major changes for the voluntary sector in both Britain and the United