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Compact

What is the Compact?

It is an agreement between the public sector and the voluntary and community sector to improve their relationship to mutual advantage.

The national compact was signed in 1998. Further information on this can be found by clicking here

The Gloucestershire Compact is Countrywide and was endorsed by the public sector bodies in March 2003.

What is in a Compact?

There are commitments and undertakings by both sectors including codes of good practice in the following areas:

• Funding and Finance
• Black and Minority Ethnic Groups
• Volunteering
• Community Groups
• Consultation and Policy Appraisal
• Multi Agency Partnerships
  
  

How will Compact work?

• As an area to discuss areas of common concern
• Mutual understanding and shared ownership of goals
• Sharing best practice
• Opportunities for joint working and sharing resources
• Ongoing monitoring and an annual review

The ultimate goal is to be a tool for change so that both sides appreciate the constraints within which they work and more can be achieved through working together.

Some of the benefits to the Voluntary Sector will be:

• Clarity and consistency in funding relationships
• Better engagement in consultation
• Proper inclusion on Black and Minority Ethnic groups and small community groups
• Affirming the sector as a strategic partner
  
  

Some of the benefits for the public sector will be:

• More effective allocation of funds
• Clearer expectations around consultation
• Helping in engaging with “hard to reach” communities
• Joint ownership of priorities
  
  

Work completed so far:

• Compact Conference in March 2003
• Single Countywide Compact
• Compact Steering Group – 40 members
• Compact and Funding Code of Practice Launched May 2004 – 90 attendees
  
  

Work still to do:

• Signing up process – mainly the community and voluntary sector
• Promotion and awareness raising
• Implementation
• Monitoring and Review
• Development of Codes
• Preparation of Action Plan
  
  

Who will do the work?

Most of the work will be completed by working groups made up from the Compact Steering Group. FOLDA will provide secretarial support and drive forward the process.

What are we doing towards this?

GHNHSFT have signed up to the principles of the compact and have set up a small working group, which includes representation from the PPI Forum, to ensure that the Trust;

• meets its agreed commitment to adhere to the principles of the compact by:
  
  
• encouraging its members to help develop the codes of practice in the following remaining areas:
  
  • Black and Minority Ethnic Groups/Community Groups
  • Volunteering
  • Consultation and Policy Appraisal/Multi Agency Partnerships
    
    
    
• develops an action plan which addresses any areas of concerns within the Trust, to include:
  • Promotion and awareness raising
  • Implementation of any actions
  • Evaluation, at least on an annual basis
    
    
• seeks the views of the Trust in order to represent those views at the Compact Steering Group.
  
  
• feeds information about the Compact back into the organisation