NI7 – an environment for a thriving third sector

Government guidance on 3rd Sector - Thriving or surviving?

The new local government performance framework includes a single set of the 198 National Indicators. These indicators cover all the national priority outcomes which local authorities will be responsible for delivering, either on their own or in partnership with others.

These indicators will be used to measure performance in all areas over the next three years.

Local area agreements (LAAs) form the heart of the performance framework. They are the agreement between central government, local authorities and their partners to improve services and the quality of life in a place. Although performance will be measured in an area against all 198 indicators, LAAs will be the only vehicles for agreeing shared targets with central government. Each LAA will have up to 35 national priority targets with specific improvement targets set for each.

More information on the new local government performance framework can be found on the
Communities and Local Government (CLG) website at: www.communities.gov.uk

Download National Indicator 7: Environment for a thriving third sector


This briefing note is to provide Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) with more information one of the 198 National Indicators: NI 7 – ‘Environment for a thriving third sector’ and complements information on this indicators provided by CLG.

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