CO3 Chief Officers Third Sector series "Leadership is Political" series kicked off with a lunch meeting in August with Roy Beggs, Ulster Unionist and MLA for East Antrim and is followed by a lunch meeting in September with Tim Attwood, SDLP councillor for Upper Falls on Belfast City Council.  Please visit our Events Section to find out more...

CO3 will also be continuing the series "Leading in Difficult times" with 3 further events planned for  Sept- Oct.  These events are being generated as a direct result of members' requests in relation to support on issues of Redundancy, Reserves Policies and Cost Reduction techniques. Please visit our Events Section to find out more...

CO3 commissioned some research in the autumn of 2009 to consider its future Public Affairs role. To read the Research Summary Report .Please vist the Public Affairs Section.  

CO3 is working to help support members right across the 3rd sector.  CO3 would like to collect strong examples of how the sector provides innovative services in response to clear need by way of early intervention and cost effective solutions in public sector delivery. Can you tell us which services your organisation is providing to the people it serves which offer creative, efficient solutions to need and could be used to demonstrate the role played by our sector in efficient, effective, creative service delivery? Please tell us if you have gathered evidence of impact particularly in relation to economic and social capital. The information we gather will form part of our response to government.    We plan to be able to share our findings with members when collated.  If you have a story that you are willing to share please email  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it