Briefings and guidance

The 2014 annual survey of local Compacts focused on two key areas: the overall health of local Compacts, and how changes to policies and the commissioning landscape are impacting on partnerships between voluntary organisations and statutory bodies. 

This guide for voluntary organisations provides practical steps to follow to develop relationships with Health and Wellbeing Boards.

Produced in partnership with Regional Voices, the information in the guide is based on the experiences of a range of organisations who have established strong links with Health and Wellbeing Boards in their areas. 

This guide for voluntary organisations provides practical steps to follow to develop relationships with Clinical Commissioning Groups. 

Produced in partnership with Regional Voices, the information in the guide is based on the experiences of a range of organisations who have established strong links with Clinical Commissioning Groups in their areas. It highlights a number of steps organisations can follow if they wish to build better links themselves. 

This publication is a renewed version of Compact Voice's 'Local Compact: A User Guide' publication. 

It contains an array of practical, straightforward information covering everything you need to know about local cross-sector partnerships and how to make them thrive.

Compact Voice responded to the Labour party's consultation into 'Renewing our bond with the Third Sector' in September 2014.

The key recommendations we made are outlined here, and you can download our full response here also.

This briefing note explains what judicial review is (and what it isn’t), how it works in practice and the main issues that voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations need to consider. 

This short guidance has been developed following discussions with representatives from a range of government departments.  

These short tips aim to help voluntary organisations to respond effectively and efficiently to any departmental consultation, ensuring that their voices – and those of their service users – are heard and listened to.