History of T3SC
The beginning
T3SC (Tameside
3rd Sector Coalition) was started in 2001 as a further development of
the work of the Compact Group, who identified the gaps in support and
development for voluntary and community groups in Tameside, including
the need to strengthen the sector as a whole.
Funding was secured from Tame Valley Partnership to appoint the first member of staff - Director Moira Cunningham - in October 2001. T3SC became a company limited by guarantee in December 2001 and a small staff team took up post in January 2002. Initially all staff were employed by Tameside Council on behalf of T3SC, and eventually as new staff were appointed T3SC became the employer.
From December 2001 onwards an interim board drawn for the previous steering group held office. In tandem with this, the Community Empowerment Fund had also come on stream from Central Government and T3SC became the delivery body for this piece of work.
Appointment of the Board
In July 2002, the first elections to the Board were held,
with members drawn form Tameside Voice. A structure for T3SC and Voice
had been agreed at a special session of the Board, in which was decided
that the Board of T3SC is effectively the Executive Committee of Voice,
as well as the board of trustees of the organisation itself. This decision
means that T3SC belongs to the forum, and to the communities that feed
into it.
Health and Social Care Project
In October 2002, the Tameside and Glossop Alliance for Community
Care for Voluntary Organisations (TGCCAVO) merged with T3SC, and is
now the Health and Social Care Project within the organisation, retaining
its own advisory committee.
In December 2002, T3SC became a registered charity, and was also formally accepted into full membership of the National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (NACVS) becoming the first Council for Voluntary Service for Tameside.
The T3SC board is elected from members of Tameside Voice
Tony Okotie is now
Director of T3SC and in 2008 T3SC received the NAVCA Quality Award
in recognition of the standard of our work. To read more about the NAVCA
Quality Award and what it means to T3SC see our
News page.
Meet the T3SC team