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The Compact

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Published by Compact Voice and the Office for Civil Society in 2010, the Compact outlines key principles which establish better partnership working between national government and the voluntary and community sector. It includes five key themes and undertakings for both sectors. Read more about the Compact and its uses.

Annual Local Compact Survey 2011: Results

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This report is an overview of the results of our survey into the state of local Compacts in England. It includes a summary of findings as well as a regional breakdown which draws on responses received from our Freedom of Information Act requests.

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.

Commissioning Guidance for Public Bodies

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This guidance, produced by the Commission for the Compact (which has since closed), is for commissioners in national and local public sector bodies. It identifies relevant Compact principles and demonstrates where and how they
can be applied to commissioning.

Compact Advocacy Case Study: Challenging a county council funding decision

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This case study from NCVO's Compact Advocacy programme explains how the Cumbria Travellers Programme sought support from Compact Advocacy to challenge how a county council funding decision was taken.

Compact and Procurement Law

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This guide was produced by the Commission for the Compact (which has since closed). It clarifies how the Compact and Procurement Law relate to each other, through answering some questions about common areas of confusion and concern.

Ensuring Meaningful Engagement when Consulting

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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.
 

Guide to finding your commissioner

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This guide, produced by Navca, provides practical tips to local community and voluntary organisations, to help them find out who their commissioners are.

Guide to using FOI in Campaigning

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Produced by NCVO, this guide provides practical and useful advice on how to make the most of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) when campaigning.

Independence Matters

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This guide aims to increase understanding in both the voluntary and community and statutory sectors about the importance and benefits of independence and how independence can be threatened.

Independence report: Dancing to our own tune

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This research report is an analysis of national voluntary and community organisations’ experience of the Compact and independence. It discusses the difficulties organisations can face when working with government whilst maintaining their independence.

Lewisham Compact Code of Practice: Commissioning Guidelines

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These guidelines were published following consultation and partnership working between Lewisham Council and Voluntary Action Lewisham. These will be of interest to anyone currently agreeing or revising their own local practice.

Righting Public Law Wrongs: Challenge Unfairness

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This briefing for voluntary groups considers legitimate expectation, an aspect of public law which covers both unfairness and maladministration.

What Makes A Successful Local Compact

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This report, produced by the Commission for the Compact in 2008, identifies factors and good practice that contribute to making Local Compacts work successfully.

Working Better Together: Implementation Guide for Community Groups and Local Public Bodies

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This guide looks at how community groups and local public bodies can improve the way they work together. The guide presents examples of common situations where community groups and local public bodies come into contact with each other. For each situation, it offers tailored guidance on how each party can get the most out of this relationship.

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A year in the life of an Engagement Development Officer

I have been in my post now for twelve months. The time has gone very quickly as I have been extremely busy.

  

  

    

  
      
Introducing the East of England Compact Network

  
  
  

	
Our research suggested that regional Compact networks add real value to local Compacts. Now we are putting that idea to the test by establishing the East of England Compact Network