VCS Compact
'Working Together' - A new Compact for the Bradford District
One of the key outcomes from the Third Sector Review (TSR) has been the updating of the Voluntary & Community Sector Compact. Titled ‘Working Together’, the Compact was signed up to by the new Bradford Assembly at the VCS Conference on 25 February and was adopted by Bradford Council, on the same day.
A multi-agency Compact Group will oversee the implementation of the Compact and report to the Stronger Communities Partnership.
The Compact has been developed jointly by Bradford Council, NHS Bradford and Airedale, voluntary and community organisations and other partners. The Compact aims to achieve real improvements in the way that the public and voluntary and community sectors work together. A copy of the Compact can be downloaded from here.
Compact Voice
Compact Voice is the voice of the voluntary sector in England, in relation to the national Compact between the voluntary and public sectors to work together better. Compact Voice offers practical help and guidance, to both the voluntary sector and public bodies on how to get Compact’s going. They also provide strategic leadership on the relationship between Government and the voluntary sector.
Further details available at www.compactvoice.org.uk
Commission for the Compact
There is a also national Compact, which is a longstanding agreement that sets out shared principles and guidelines for effective partnership working between government and the third sector in England. The Commission for the Compact is an independent body responsible for overseeing this national Compact.
This Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) was established in April 2007 and is sponsored by the Office of the Third Sector in consultation with the voluntary and community sector. Its creation was the result of a consultation co-ordinated by the Home Office in 2005 as Strengthening Partnerships: Next Steps for the Compact. This highlighted a lack of awareness of the Compact and the barriers to its adoption and implementation.
Further details available at www.thecompact.org.uk
