toggle menuMENU The council should provide funding to the VCS for core costs such as premises and management Question:The council should provide funding to the VCS for core costs such as premises and managementAnswer:Our grant funding programmes for the VCS focus on supporting VCS projects to address local needs. This project funding may support core costs that can be used for different parts of a project, to support full cost recovery. However, like other statutory sector funding organisations, we have no plans to directly fund any of the specific core costs of VCS organisations as stand-alone funding.