This report and accompanying datasets aim to give an initial overview of the scale and nature of the council’s payments to, and business with, the 3rd sector (also known as the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector). It considers the distribution of this business amongst the 3rd sector bodies paid by the council and identifies which services were responsible for this activity. It also outlines the council’s intentions to publish details of grant payments to organisations within the sector as part of the transparency agenda. Please Note csv. files of the payments made can be found on the Payments to the 3rd sector page
