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The Cabinet Office sits at the very centre of government and, together with the Treasury, provides the ‘head office’ of government. The Cabinet Office has an overarching purpose of Making government work better.

The Department has three core functions that enable it to achieve this overarching purpose:

1. Supporting the Prime Minister – to define and deliver the Government's objectives.
2. Supporting the Cabinet – to drive the coherence, quality and delivery of policy and operations across departments.
3. Strengthening the Civil Service – to ensure the civil service is organised effectively and has the capability in terms of skills, values and leadership to deliver the Government's objectives.

Tel: 020 7276 1234
Web: www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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As part of the Cabinet Office, the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) leads work across government to support the environment for a thriving third sector (voluntary and community groups, social enterprises, charities, cooperatives and mutuals), enabling the sector to campaign for change, deliver public services, promote social enterprise and strengthen communities. The OTS was created at the centre of government in May 2006 in recognition of the increasingly important role the third sector plays in both society and the economy.

The third sector is a diverse, active and passionate sector. Organisations in the sector share common characteristics:

• non-governmental
• value-driven
• principally reinvest any financial surpluses to further social, environmental or cultural objectives.

The term encompasses voluntary and community organisations, charities, social enterprises, cooperatives and mutuals both large and small.

Tel: 020 7276 6400
Web: www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector.aspx