The government has committed to developing a Civil Society Covenant to support stronger relationships with charities.
This report sets out NCVO and ACEVO’s findings from the Civil Society Covenant engagement exercise we conducted in 2024, working closely with the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), as well as our view on the steps needed to ensure the Covenant is effective.
‘Building a Covenant for Civil Society and Government’ draws on input from over 1,000 charities and voluntary organisations and their leaders to understand their experiences of working with government and to test high-level principles to inform the development of the Covenant.
Since January 2025, ACEVO and NCVO have been members of an advisory group of civil society representatives convened by DCMS to inform the development of the Covenant. We expect the Covenant to be published by DCMS this Summer.
