Publications

This guide, produced by NCVO's Compact Advocacy, provides essential guidance to abide by when disputes threaten important partnerships.

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.

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.

This briefing describes what procurement is, what you need to know about it and what to do if things go wrong.

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

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

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.

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.

This document, produced by the Office for Civil Society and Navca, highlights examples of local public bodies and the VCS successfully working together to manage the impact of public spending cuts.

Published by Compact Voice in 2010, the Impact Report highlights the key activities and achievements delivered by the Compact Voice team during 2009.