PERFORM

The Perform Report outlines the findings from a project to design a performance improvement framework for voluntary and community sector infrastructure organisations. Steered by a group of voluntary and community sector infrastructure organisations and other advisors, under the management of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), PERFORM has been worked up through a consultative process over a period of fifteen months. This process has involved the drafting and redrafting of materials in response to consultation within the sector and piloting of the framework and planning tool with eleven very different infrastructure bodies.

'PERFORM is primarily a self-assessment tool for organisations providing infrastructure services to voluntary and community organisations and it should be seen as complementary to existing quality assurance models and standards.'

Its purpose is to help develop and implement an outcomes based approach to strategic planning and review. More on the project can be found on the COGS website.

Findings and proposals regarding the future of PERFORM are outlined on page 16 of the Perform Report, along with a revised framework (page 17) to reflect the learning generated. There are two accompanying documents: 'Case Study Findings from the Pilot Organisations' and ‘the PERFORM planning and assessment tool’ which provide the guidance material. To download these documents, please follow this link: PERFORM