Resources

As mergers and collaboration become increasingly important for the sector we are developing a resource to help pracitioners and decision-makers.

Some of the most recent mergers in the sector:

• Voicability & Advocacy Experience [2011]

• ACT & Children's Hospice UK [2011]

• Galloway's Society for the Blind & Southport Blind Aid Society [2011]

• National Foundation for Educatioal Research & Futurelab [2011]

• Voiceability and ESAN [2011]

• Keep Britain Tidy & Waste Watch [2011]

• Broadway & Threshold [2011]

• Independent Age & Counsel and Care [2011]

• North Wales Credit Union [2011]

• Play Matters & National Children's Bureau [2011]

• Scottish Association for Mental Health & Angus Mental Health Association [2011]

• Royal British Legion & Poppyscotland [2011]

• Daycare Trust & National Association of Family Information Services [2011]

• Princess Royal Trust for Carers & Crossroads Care [2011]

Useful links, articles and papers:

• Partner-Up launch press release

• Is it time for more mergers?

• A third of the largest charities are interested in merger

• IVAR: Thinking about merger

• IVAR: Thinking about collaboration

• Mergers – what do they consist of?

• Learning from mergers

• Charities can save on back-office administration costs

Articles:

• Civil Society: Dragon says egos stand in the way of scale in the sector