Jargon Buster (under development)
| A | |
| A4A | Awards for All |
| ABI | Area Based Initiative |
| ACAS | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service |
| ACD | Active Communities Directorate (Home Office). |
| ACDF | Active Communities Development Fund |
| ACE | Arts Council England |
| ACL | Adult and Community Learning |
| AGM | Annual General Meeting |
| AIF | Area Investment Framework |
| B | |
| BASIS | Building and Sustaining Infrastructure Services (Big Lottery Fund programme) |
| bassac | British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres |
| BERR | Department for Business Enterprise |
| C | |
| CAA | Comprehensive Area Assessment |
| CAB | Citizens Advice Bureau |
| CAF | Charities Aid Foundation |
| CAFCASS | Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service |
| CDF | Community Development Foundation |
| CEF | Community Empowerment Fund |
| COIN | Chief Officers' Information Network |
| CPPIH | Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health |
| CRB | Criminal Records Bureau |
| CRE | Commission for Racial Equality |
| Compact | An agreement made by voluntary sector representatives and the government in 1998 covering the relationship between the two. Under the compact the government is committed to giving three months' notice of both funding decisions and 3 months’ consultation, better feedback and statements on how proposed legislation will impact on the voluntary sector. The scheme has led to local compacts, and compacts on specific issues. |
| D | |
| DCLG | Department for Communities and Local Government |
