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Ensuring Meaningful Engagement when Consulting

Image of the Ensuring Meaningful Engagement when Consulting document.

Ensuring Meaningful Engagement when Consulting provides a benchmark of the minimum expected in order for engagement on consultations to be considered meaningful, in particular when the public body is unavoidably restricted to less than a twelve week consultation period. If this happens a clear explanation as to why this is needed should also be provided.
 

The hot issues in policy and politics

A week on from NCVO’s annual conference and I’ve finally tackled my inbox (I think) and fulfilled my promise to post a blog.  My colleague Adam Pickering and I were lucky enough to be invited to take part in one of the best attended sessions of the day in discussing ‘hot issues in policy and politics’ with over 100 delegates.

  
      
Compact on the agenda at NCVO Annual Conference

  
  
  

	
Yesterday, Compact Voice's London-based team attended NCVO's Annual Conference. It isn't unusual at conferences to have to explain what the Compact is to delegates who aren't aware of it. They are usually familiar with its principles, though less so their origin. However, yesterday's conference was slightly different: most people I met were aware of the Compact, but many challenged me to convince them why it was still relevant.



  

  
    
  
  
      

	  	  	

	  	
          

    
    

 



  
      
The dedicated Compact worker paradox

  
  
  

	
Let me play devil’s advocate: dedicated local Compact workers can be invaluable in getting local Compacts up and running, but can their influence also prevent the Compact from being self-sufficient?



  

  
    
  
  
      

	  	  	

	  	
          

    
    

 



  
      
National leadership from government: Setting the mood music for local partnerships

  
  
  

	

	By Simon Blake, Chair of Compact Voice

This week I was pleased to be invited to be on the panel of All Party Parliamentary Group on Civil Society and Volunteering to discuss the National Audit Office's recent report on central government's implementation of the Compact.  Also on the panel were David Clarke from the NAO, and the Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd. 

  

  
    
  
  
      

	  	  	

	  	
          

    
    

 



  
      
Guidance for Local (Parish and Town) Councils on the Compact

  
  
  

    

    

            

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This guidance document, jointly developed by Compact Voice and the National Association of Local Councils (NALC), is designed to provide information about the purpose and benefits of local Compacts to local (town and parish) councils. 

	

	Published in January 2012.

  

  
  
      

	  	  	

	  	
          

    
    

 


  
      
So how is Government doing on the Compact?

  
  
  

	
Recently, the National Audit Office published their long awaited report on how central government is implementing the Compact. It’s certainly interesting reading - containing some things we had expected, as well as some surprises - and it sends a clear message both to the government and the sector that more needs to be done to ensure stronger implementation of the Compact.



  

  
    
  
  
      

	  	  	

	  	
          

    
    

 



  
      
Central government's implementation of the national Compact

  
  
  

    

    

            

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	Published by the National Audit Office in January 2012, this report examines the effectiveness and extent of central government's implementation of the national Compact. It makes a series of recommendations and suggests tools to enable government to implement the Compact.

	

	Read Compact Voice's response to this report here.

  

  
  
      

	  	  	

	  	
          

    
    

 


  
      
Gateshead: A winning partnership

  
  
  

    

    

            

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Partners in Gateshead have developed a series of innovative projects and policies, including Community Asset Transfer Policy, the Gateshead Volunteers Big Idea, and a Commissioning Improvement Policy. The local Compact enables the Council to commission a number of its services to the Voluntary and Community Sector, ensuring a strong partnership and a strong sector.

  

  
  
      

	  	  	

	  	
          

    
    

 


  
      
Oldham: Embedding the Compact in a new Cooperative structure

  
  
  

    

    

            

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	Oldham Council has recently made the shift to being a Cooperative Borough, and they’ve ensured that the local voluntary and community sector is at the heart of their new structure. The momentum that is being created to develop Oldham as a Cooperative Borough has helped to meaningfully embed the local Compact into their day to day practices.

	

	
  

  
  
      

	  	  	

	  	
          

    
    

 

        


        
      
 

               
      
      

  

  
  

      


  




      

  



  
  

    

  
  
  
  
      

        

    

  
      
Resources Campaign

  
  
      

              
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Local Compacts: A User Guide: Practical guidance for local Compacts

  

  
    
    

 
  

    

  
  
  
  
  
  


  


  



  
  

    













  


  



      
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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.



  

  
    
  
  
      

	  	
          

    
    

 


  

  

    

  
      
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?