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Getting the best out of resources – some big questions the toolkit can help with Making Ends Meet is a tool for councillors and senior managers on how to get the best out of resources. It provides answers to the questions that many local authorities are grappling with.
Do you have problems setting your budget for Social Services? See Finance module: Setting annual budgets Are you overspending your budgets and do you know how to tackle this? To explore the underlying causes and solutions see: Children's module: Key Questions Adults module: Key Questions Are you targeting your money on your priorities? See Commissioning module: Stages of commissioning Have you the right services to deliver the outcomes you want? To start your analysis and find material about specific
service areas link to: Are you getting value for money from your existing services? See Commissioning module: Challenges of commissioning Do you understand how much your services cost? See Finance module: Unit costs Do you understand where your money is being spent? See Finance module: Managing budgets Are you sharing resources with your partners to deliver your priorities? See Partnership module: Being a good partner
Making Ends Meet seeks to help councils with these difficult issues and assist them in their management of financial resources. Experience from Joint Reviews indicates that councils that manage resources successfully:
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