The Modernisation project is the culmination of Kent’s response to the government’s Change Up agenda. Launched in 2004, the Change Up programme aimed to ensure that ‘by 2014 the needs of frontline voluntary and community organisations in England are met’. This was to be achieved through the strengthening of support services. In Kent this agenda has been administered by a multi-agency consortium that has been known by various names:

• VICK (Voluntary Infrastructure Kent)

• KCDB (Kent Consortium Delivery Board)

• KVIC (Kent Voluntary Infrastructure Consortium)

For more information on the consortium please go to www.kentcan.org. Research undertaken in 2004 led to the creation of a Kent-wide plan, the Kent infrastructure Development Plan which has formed the basis of subsequent work.

The Modernisation project built on the success of previous Change Up initiatives delivered, Back Office Support Systems (BOSS) and Kent COVE (Centre of Volunteering Excellence). The project sought to increase the effectiveness of support services for frontline Voluntary and Community Organisations through:

• Greater efficiencies amongst support providers

• A user focus in service delivery

• Ensuring local consistency in support through improved collaboration

Headline achievements include:

• The creation of an outcomes framework for support services, the Core Service Support

Offer

• A model for long-term collaboration between voluntary sector training providers

Exciting development and redesign of the Kent COVE website

• A successful Kent Wide marketing campaign

A significant legacy of this project is built upon the trust, honesty and collective leadership of all support organisations involved.

Please use this link to access the End of Project Report for the Modernisation Project

Swale CVS have two distinct groups of projects they are involved in

Direct Service projects - Projects run entirely by Swale CVS and

Supported projects - these run by other organisations but supported by Swale CVS

Full details of all our projects are available by using the menu on the left