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Submitted on 3rd April 2011 at 15:57
Compact Voice represents the voluntary sector on the Compact — an agreement between the sector and the Government to ensure better working together. We provide training and resources, and represent the sector's concerns to the government.
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      • The Compact & You: A Guide for the Black & Minority Ethnic Voluntary Sector
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      • Braintree: Using the Compact to guide the transferring of services
      • Commissioning improved at Bristol City Council
      • Compact Advocacy case study: Reaching an understanding despite funding cuts
      • Compact Spotlight on South Gloucestershire
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      • Compact-compliant way of dealing with budget cuts in Calderdale
      • Comparing local Compacts
      • Cumbria: Using the Compact when negotiating contracts
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      • East Sussex: Measuring success
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      • Kent Fire and Rescue Service breathes new life into the Compact
      • Lancashire United Against Hate - Advancing Equality
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      • Stockton: Empowering the Voluntary and Community Sector
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      • Watford Borough Council: building VCS resilience in the context of cuts
      • Wiltshire: integrating the Compact into local strategy
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      • Better Together: Preparing for local spending cuts to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector
      • Central government's implementation of the national Compact
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      • Compact Advocacy Case Study: Challenging a county council funding decision
      • Compact Implementation Guide for Community Groups
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      • Compact Voice Impact Report 2010
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      • Compact and Procurement Law
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      • Ensuring Meaningful Engagement when Consulting
      • Guide to finding your commissioner
      • Guide to using FOI in Campaigning
      • Help for local Compacts on informing and influencing new health landscape
      • Help for local Compacts on informing and influencing new health landscape
      • Impact Report 2009
      • Independence Matters
      • Independence report: Dancing to our own tune
      • Lewisham Compact Code of Practice: Commissioning Guidelines
      • Local Compacts: A User Guide
      • Make procurement work for you by using your Compact
      • Righting Public Law Wrongs: Challenge Unfairness
      • The Renewed Compact
      • What Makes A Successful Local Compact
      • Working Better Together: Implementation Guide for Community Groups and Local Public Bodies
    • Tools
      • Calderdale Compact Toolkit
      • Local Compact Champions Pack for the Voluntary Sector
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Submitted on 21st March 2011 at 21:40
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Local Compacts: A User Guide: Practical guidance for local Compacts

Blogs

The End

So, this is the end. Not for the Compact (online critics relax), but for my time at Compact Voice.

A couple of months ago, I blogged about how the Compact isn’t quite dead yet and I’m pleased to report that it’s still here and alive and well.

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Harnessing the power of complaints?

Opinions about complaining are often divided but when we are living in a service-oriented society what do we do when services are poor and cause us distress?

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