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- Case Studies
- Commissioning improved at Bristol City Council
- Compact Advocacy case study: Reaching an understanding despite funding cuts
- Compact-compliant way of dealing with budget cuts in Calderdale
- Comparing local Compacts
- East Sussex: Measuring success
- Elected members take the lead in Shropshire
- Gateshead - a winning partnership
- Hertfordshire: Surviving a Compact stress-test
- Improved Procurement Processes at Essex County Council
- Kent Fire and Rescue Service breathes new life into the Compact
- Lancashire United Against Hate - Advancing Equality
- Lewisham: bridging the gap
- Local Compacts at Work
- North Lincolnshire: Compact-proofed funding cuts
- Oldham: Embedding the Compact in a new Cooperative structure
- Surrey: Honesty is the best policy
- Watford Borough Council: building VCS resilience in the context of cuts
- Wolverhampton - One contract for the voluntary sector
- Publications
- Accountability & Transparency Guide
- Annual Local Compact Survey 2011: Results
- Better Together: Preparing for local spending cuts to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector
- Central government's implementation of the national Compact
- Commissioning Guidance for Public Bodies
- Compact Advocacy Case Study: Challenging a county council funding decision
- Compact Implementation Guide for Community Groups
- Compact Voice Impact Report 2010
- Compact and Procurement Law
- Effective Dispute Resolution Tactics
- Guide to finding your commissioner
- Guide to using FOI in Campaigning
- 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
- Briefings and responses
- Background information on the Big Society
- Best Practice Guide for Local Authorities and the VCS
- Best Value Guidance: Compact Voice response
- Big Society and the Compact
- Briefing: Participatory Budgeting and the Compact
- Commission for the Compact's final report
- Compact Voice response to Government Equalities Office consultation
- Compact Voice response to NHS listening exercise
- Compact Voice response to Open Public Services White Paper
- Economic and Social Benefits of Applying the Compact
- Empowering the Voluntary Sector: Best Value Statutory Guidance briefing
- Guidance for Local (Parish and Town) Councils on the Compact
- Local Government Ombudsman - Compact briefing
- Renewed Compact - Consultation Response
- Tools
- Help with cuts
- Case Studies

