Office for Civil Society Advisory Body explained

The Office for Civil Society Advisory Body (formerly known as the Office of the Third Sector Advisory Body[1] or sometimes the Third Sector Advisory Body[2]) was a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation (quango) (officially termed a non-departmental public body) set up by the Government of the United Kingdom in July 2008, which advised the government on the needs of charities and voluntary organisations in the United Kingdom,[3] and to implement the July 2007 review by HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office ("The future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration").[4] The body was formed as a result of the merger of four previous advisory structures: the Voluntary and Community Sector Advisory Group, Futurebuilders Advisory Panel, Infrastructure National Partnership and the Third Sector Review Advisory Group, was chaired by Baroness Jill Pitkeathley OBE, and was part of the Cabinet Office's Office of Civil Society (formerly the Office of the Third Sector or OTS).

In April 2009, the body published a 'health check' of the Office of the Third Sector[5] (to which the OTS later responded)[6] resulting in a set of twelve confirmed recommendations to ensure the effectiveness of the Office of the Third Sector. Following the rename of the Office of the Third Sector to the Office for Civil Society, the advisory body also changed its name to the Office for Civil Society Advisory Body. The body was listed as one of the quangos to be abolished during the 2010 quango reforms,[7] the advisory body being abolished once the members' terms of offices had expired on 31 March 2011, resulting in public savings of £0.04 million.[8] Lamenting the closure, chair of the board Baroness Pitkeathley said:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leaked list suggests 180 quangos to be abolished. Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Support. 29 April 2012.
  2. Web site: Third Sector Advisory Body . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100407170833/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/about_us/advisory_body.aspx . 7 April 2010 . 3 April 2009 . . . 29 April 2012 . dead .
  3. Web site: Commission for the Compact and Capacitybuilders named in leaked quango cuts document. Plummer. John. 24 September 2010. ThirdSector. 29 April 2012.
  4. Web site: The future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration: final report. HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office. July 2007. 29 April 2012.
  5. Web site: Office of the Third Sector Advisory Body Health Check of the Office of the Third Sector . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100407183124/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/197878/health%20check%20final.pdf . 7 April 2010 . Office of the Third Sector Advisory Body . . 29 April 2012 . dead .
  6. Web site: Office of the Third Sector Response to Health Check Recommendations . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100407183133/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/197875/healthcheck%20response%20final.pdf . 7 April 2010 . Cabinet Office (Office of the Third Sector) . . 29 April 2012 . dead .
  7. Web site: Public Bodies Reform – Proposals for Change. Directgov. 5. 28 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405164059/http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_191543.pdf. 5 April 2012. dead.
  8. Web site: Written Answers to Questions. Tessa Jowell and Francis Maud. 28 March 2011. Hansard. Column 1W. 29 April 2012.

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