The Office for Civil Society Advisory Body (formerly known as the Office of the Third Sector Advisory Body
or sometimes the Third Sector Advisory Body
) was a
quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation (quango) (officially termed a
non-departmental public body
In the United Kingdom, non-departmental public body (NDPB) is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive to public sector organisations that have a role in the process of ...
) set up by the
Government of the United Kingdom
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in July 2008,
which advised the government on the needs of charities and voluntary organisations in the United Kingdom,
and to implement
the July 2007 review by
HM Treasury
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and the
Cabinet Office ("The future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration").
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 (to which the OTS later responded)
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,
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.
Lamenting the closure, chair of the board Baroness Pitkeathley said:
References
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External links
Archived former Cabinet Third Sector Advisory Board homepageThe future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration: final report
2008 establishments in the United Kingdom
2011 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Cabinet Office (United Kingdom)
Defunct public bodies of the United Kingdom
Government agencies established in 2008
Government agencies disestablished in 2011
Civil society in the United Kingdom