A 12-month research project funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration North East and North Cumbria.

This report was collated for the October 2018 meeting of the Newcastle Voluntary Sector Liaison Group.

The voluntary and community sector in Newcastle and Gateshead has been at the front of developing support for Black, Asian, minority ethnic, asylum seeker, refugee, faith, and cultural communities.

This paper considers some of the potential and unintentional effects of public sector contracting and procurement.