New FbRN UK programme

VISIBLE: A Quality Assurance Framework for Faith Based Organisations

FbRN is working with the highly regarded Community Sector organisation Community Matters, the Church Urban Fund and the Faiths and Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London to develop a quality assurance framework for faith based organisations.

This will build on the VISIBLE framework which Community Matters has been using for some years and which is currently being revised.

VISIBLE is endorsed by the Charity Commission, the Local Government Association and the Office of the Third Sector. It has had a good take-up with small and medium sized community organisations, but as yet has not been much used by faith based organisations.

The purpose of the project is to ensure that VISIBLE can be used effectively by faith based organisations, thus raising their profile among other community providers and agencies.  As part of the process, we are piloting the quality assurance framework with seven faith based organisations.