East Sussex

Having won the Compact Innovation and Impact Award in 2007, for their Matrix Game to build dispute solving skills, and having been selected last year as a What Makes a Successful Local Compact study area, the county has not lost any momentum in rolling out their Compact.

Typical of their constant awareness-building, is that County Council members receive regular briefings on their Compact. Opinions as to how well the Compact actually works, are fed into an annual review. 

Right now, small groups are being trained on their Compact from one locality to the next until the whole county is covered. One recent participant said “I never really got it until today!”, and now is an ardent advocate. A project is underway to get parish councils involved in the East Sussex Compact. This process, and what it achieves, should be a good example to others trying to get their Compact to work at grass roots level. In rural areas, Compact implementation groups might even consider recruiting village Compact Champions.

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