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cVc was formed on 1 Janary 2010 follown e merer of ree

sppor oransaons servn e ree loal aory areas a exsed

pror o e bondary anes. tese were conleon sr Volnary

on, crewe & anw Volnary on and aleseld & sr

cV.

Pror o e merer, e ree ares ooperaed n some areas of er

work, s as fndn adve and volneern, b ad no sared resoresor serves. tey were all par of e cesre as conress, w amed

o represen e vews of volnary and ommny rops and mprove

ommnaon beween em.

E CEE

te nary aory of cesre as was formed n prl 2009.

i ned e boros of conleon, crewe and anw,

and aleseld, as well as e ransfer of responsbles from

e former cesre cony conl. s s ase sdy sows,

ese bondary anes were e mos snan faor n

e reaon of commny and Volnary erve cesreas (cVc).

We sw his s n nicipory

move, preempive move o

improve he srucure of suppor for

volunry orgnisions in dvnce

of us being forced o do so.

Stak

From our perspecive i ws

excellen news. We cme ogeher

s one orgnision nd i ws rellywelcomed h he CVS would do

liewise.

PatSPS Maa, CS

aSt CC

Community and Voluntary

ervice Cheshire East

ovaons for merer

te amalamaon of e ree dsr onls no a snle aory was e

prmary faor a promped e oransaons o onsder merer. tere

were ndaons a e new aory wold no be wlln o fnd reedfferen sppor oransaons n

e area, and a ey wold ave

o ompee for fnds. nmber of

sakeolders desrbed e deson

o mere as a dre response o e

bondary anes and e snals

sen from fndn parners.

Wle e bondary anes were

e rer for e dea o mere,

ere were oer movan faorsbend e deson. te boards of

e oransaons fel a brnn

er serves oeer wold brn

a nmber of benes, nldn e

Preprory wor

underen by

exernl consulns

Merger

preprions

underen by

Plnning roup

nd overseen by

he shdow bord;

consulions wih

sff held

Woring group

srs, recommends

merger nd iniiesdue diligence

process

November 2008

Sr of discussions

January 2009

Bords gree in

principle o explore

collborion;

Woring roup

se up

pril 2009

Cheshire s

uniry uhoriy

formed

ugust 2009

xrordinry

generl meeings

held, which

members voe in

fvour of merger;

Woring roup

becomes Plnningroup; shdow

bord consiued

1 January 2010

Merger dePos-merger phse

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elmnaon of serve dplaon and e reaon of a larer and more

efen cV, w wold over e enre new boro.

i was also fel a a merer wold enable e developmen of new serves

and mprove exsn ones, resln n beer sppor for volnary seor

oransaons n e area. in addon, a larer oransaon wold be able

o rase e prole of e volnary and ommny seor and represen

more efenly an ree smaller ones.

te merer proess

to sar w, e oransaons enaed an exernal onslan o revew

e msson, objeves, srens and weaknesses of ea oransaon,

and e advanaes and dsadvanaes of a merer. te repor, addressed

o e ree boards of rsees, onlded a ere were snanoppornes for ollaboraon.

Workn grop was en formed w e ree cars and wo oer

rsees from ea oransaon. tey onded a de dlene proess

and proded a repor sen o e oransaonal proles of e cVs

and e bsness ase for mern em. te leal form a e merer

wold ake was deded early on: dssolon of e ree ares and e

formaon of a new oransaon o w er asses and saff wold be

ransferred and w wold be resered as bo a ary and a lmed

ompany.

te repor was en sen o o e oransaons membersps, wo

e areemen of wom e merer wold no be possble as ey ad o

voe n favor of dssolvn e old ares.

te boards en alled exraordnary eneral meens a w e

proposal o mere was p forward. fer all ree membersps and all

ree boards areed, e Workn grop onsed self as a Plannn

grop and assmed responsbly for exen e merer. te rop me

every 2-3 weeks over e orse of 12 mons o dsss e rane of sses

a needed o be resolved pror o e formal merer. te man sses

were arond e nanal posons and srres of ea oransaon,e fre roles of saff and e an ef ofers, e manenane and

pkeep of e xed asses (.e. ofes) of e ares, and e overnane

srre of e new oransaon.

te Plannn grop also areed a meable for e merer and a srre

for e new board, w was o be omposed of 15 rsees ve from

ea of e ree oransaons boards and overn e new cV drn

s rs year of operaon, afer w e board wold be eleed by

members. te board fnoned as an nformal sadow board pror o e

merer, overseen e proesses of plannn and exeon.

aff were kep nformed of proress on e merer roo e proess.

ollown adve from a personnel onslan, formal onslaons w

saff were onded, and e sses ey rased were aken o e boards.

te sses rased were manly relaed o e way e merer wold affe

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ess faors

ne of e key sess faors for e merer was e reaon of e

sadow board and e fa a s members were ommed and paen.

i was er effeve leadersp a enabled a smoo ranson o e

new oransaonal deny. tey ame p w a vson for cV cesreas, w ded e merer proess.

te newly formed cesre as conl and e Prmary care trs were

very spporve of e dea of merer and avely enoraed . tey

fel a wold be easer o work w one body and serves wold be

more onssen roo e cesre as area. te knowlede a

key fnders sppored e merer was one of e faors onrbn o

s sess.

eoaons relan o e new serve level areemens, relaonsps

w parner oransaons, and spe merer aves s as asseransfer were led by one of e former ef ofers, wo was ndependen

of e mern oransaons and ad no ambon o beome e ef

ofer of e newly formed oransaon. ts wen some way owards

avodn a personaly las and provded sakeolders w a lear pon

of ona on maers relan o e merer.

Benes of merer

ll e sakeolders nervewed areed a, as only a year as passedsne e merer, s sll oo early for e fll benes o be realsed,

b were onden a ese wold be seen drn e nex 1-2 years.

evereless, ere are some benes a are already ben fel aross

e oransaon.

te key advanae of e new oransaon ompared o e leay

oransaons s a as a sroner poson as e snle foal pon for

volnary and ommny oransaons. te new cV wll now be beer

able o represen e seor and falae s neraon w key loal

parners, nldn e saory bodes. te new oransaon s respeed

and sppored by s fnders and able o a as e voe of volnaryoransaons n cesre as.

ronlne oransaons also bene n a cVc as bro oeer

experened saff w dverse experse, wo are able o provde beer

sppor serves o e rops a need em.

they didn wn o conrol

he merger process bu very

much suppored i.

FM CF FFC,

Ct StCt

Vta aCt (CVa)

the fc h [his individul]

ws used o led on he

merger, becuse she ws sorof independen nd didn

hve personl ineres

hin h ws probbly

ey o how he process ws

mnged so well.

PatSPS Maa,

CS aSt CC

[the merger] hs pu us in

very imporn posiion

s we re now he led

infrsrucure orgnision in

he re.

Ca, CVS CS aSt

ws imporn h we

oo h vision hrough ll

he wy.

Ca, CVS CS aSt

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em personally, b was made lear from e sar a ey wold be

ransferred o e new oransaon nder transfer of underakns [tuP]

leslaon and seps wold no be aken wo onsln em. ll ree

rops of saff evenally saw e benes a e merer wold brn.

dve and sppor was also so from e cary commsson, Vc

and Volneern nland. te enre proess of merer from onepon

nl ompleon ook approxmaely 18 mons.

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in e fre e oransaon expes o provde a wder rane of serves o

fronlne oransaons, and n parlar make more se of onlne serves

as more and more oransaons n e area ave onlne aess. tere are

plans o enae rops n a onslaon proess and enorae em o

pake e cV serves. cVcs volneer enres wll also refos ereffors and also ry o ara dfferen ypes of volneers, wo an offer

er professonal sklls and experene o loal volnary and ommny

rops.

cVc s rrenly nderon a proess of oransaonal resrrn,

w s expeed o rede overead oss by p o 60,000 a year and

prode a 15% nrease n efeny. esores wll be sfed from bak-

ofe fnons o fronlne serves, brnn frer benes o fronlne

oransaons.

We were ble o build on

previous repuions nd

srenghen hese repuions

nd we were ble o hi

he ground running morequicly hn if i ws new

orgnision.

Stak

rgnisionlly, is go

o ge is srucure nd

mngemen rrngemen

embedded in, which is lwys

chllenge.

PatSPS Maa,

CS aSt CC

We did due diligence bu

when we mde i hppen

problems ppered.Ca, CVS CS aSt

callenes and drawbaks

e sar of e merer neoaons some rsees were onerned a

loal, one-o-one sppor o rops wold be los follown e merer.

ne one of e larer oransaons ad more fnds o sppor e

merer, e oer wo fel somewa reaened a ey wold lose er

nene. conerns, espeally abo loss of loal deny, were parlarly

prononed wn one of e mern oransaons.

however, e Workn grop reaed a posve messae and a vson for

e new oransaon w persaded e parners a ere was more

o be aned from e merer an los. ome member oransaons were

onerned a fronlne serves m sffer from e merer, parlarly

f e ree loal ofes roo cesre as were no reaned.

tese onerns were also addressed ro e repor proded by e

Workn grop, and a deson was made a none of e loal ofes

wold be losed.

ne e merer was areed by e oransaons membersps, ere

were a nmber of leal and oransaonal sses a needed o be

resolved. te ransfer of xed asses (.e. ofe bldns) ased snanproblems as wo of e bldns were fnded and parly owned by exernal

fnders and onras needed o be reneoaed. er leal sses w

proved dfl and osly were relaed o it and nanal sysems, s as

e need o lose and re-open bank aons and anel e old and ake

o a new nsrane.

noer allene for e sadow board was o dede on e proess

of selen a new ef ofer and en o sppor e newly rered

ef ofer n a resrrn proess o reae a snle cesre as wde

eam. aff onras and h poles needed o be armonsed, as ere

were dfferenes n remneraon, workn ondons, e. gen e neworansaonal srre r s one of e key allenes a sll sands

before cVc. s one sakeolder admed, s qe allenn o

nravel all s.

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ron and ommed leadersp provded by e sadow board was a key sess faor

Bakn of loal parners, nldn saory fnders also sppored e proess

elar ommnaon w saff members and member oransaons ensred a onerns were addressed

n a mely manner

te merer demonsraed e power of a lear vson o am for and a allenn meable o make

appen

i s mporan no o nderesmae e oss nvolved n a merer, n erms of bo fnds and me

i s also mporan o spend eno me on workn o ow o amalamae ree dfferen oransaons

no one and make sre a saff work oeer n a oeren srre

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te merer proved o be an expensve proess, osn more an nally

expeed: a leas 45,000 as been spen o dae. nan ems

nlde solors oss, spealsed adve, it, e. ts as mean a

e oransaon as ye o see any nanal bene from e merer. te

allene now s o balane e os of provdn sppor n a lare areaw e os of rnnn ree separae ofes.

akeolders are aware a wll ake me o realse nanal efenes.

te expeaon s a n e lon erm e new cV wll be able o do

more for e same amon of fndn, raer an be able o rede er

oal reqremen for fndn.

tere ave also been drawbaks from e merer o some fronlne rops.

Pror o e merer, one of e oransaons ad been sroner an e

oer wo and nevably some sppor n e area were ey operaed

as been los n order o enane sppor n e oer wo areas. tevolnary oransaons wn s area ave s been mpaed neavely

n e mmedae aferma of e merer, alo s s expeed o be

neralsed n e fre. tere s now a more even level of sppor aross

e loal aory area.

a rel chllenge is he fc

h s new orgnision

you insnly inheri hree

imes he bill h you my

hve hd if you only hd onebuilding.

Stak

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For furher informion bou his cse sudy, plese conc:

Croline Brien, Chief fcer, CVS Cheshire s

01270 763100 / 01270 211545, croline.obrien@cvsce.org

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