Compact in Tameside November 2013

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The Compact

26th November 2013



About Compact Voice

• Charity representing thevoluntary and communitysector on Compact

• Co-signatories onnational Compact

• Membership organisation

• Representative board

• We provide training andresources

www.compactvoice.org.uk



What is the Compact?

• Outlines key principles toenable good partnershipworking between thesectors

• Sets out undertakings forthe Government and forCSOs (VCS)

• Accompanied by the

Compact Accountabilityand Transparency Guide

Simon Blake, Chair of Compact Voice





The Compact – 5 key principles

• A strong, diverse andindependent civil society

• Effective and transparentdesign and development ofpolicies, programmes andpublic services

• Responsive and high-qualityprogrammes and services

• Clear arrangements formanaging changes toprogrammes and services

• An equal and fair society




Tameside Compact

• Launched in April 2002,second edition published 2004

• Originally overseen by theTameside Compact Group and

later the Cross Sector PolicyGroup

• States 7 shared principles andvalues

• Includes a resolution of

disputes framework






Why the Compact is important

• Clear sense of how to worktogether and what to expect

• Recognition that workingtogether brings more benefit to

communities than workingalone

• Helps to build strongerpartnerships

•Enables both sectors to managedisputes by outliningexpectations

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Policy developments and the Compact



• Compact Voice and the Office for Civil Society have

produced a joint action plan, which sets out clear

activities for both to strengthen use of the Compact

across government departments.

• The National Audit Office’s report into government

implementation of the Compact, published in 2012,

included a number of recommendations that the joint

action plan aims to address

Recent Developments




• Government departmental business plans for 2013-14

were published in June, and for the second year

running, the Compact is included as a cross-

departmental priority.

• Commitment to the Compact was accepted as a ‘high

priority’ for the Ministry of Justice's ‘Transforming

Rehabilitation’ agenda following a report from 3SC

Recent Developments




• The Open Government Partnership (OGP) NationalAction Plan has now been published.

• It sets out a series of commitments the UK governmentis making to improve transparency, participation and

accountability.

• The plan makes reference to Compact principlesthroughout, particularly Principle 2, which outlines theneed for effective and transparent design and

developments of policies, programmes and publicservices.

Recent Developments




• Survey results reveals highest ever level of support for

the Compact

• 89% of respondents to the survey from both the

voluntary and statutory sector agreed that the‘Compact is important and effort needs to be made to

implement it in full’

• Resourcing, publicity, awareness and leadership from

local senior officials seen as most important toimplementation

Recent Developments




Publications



• A series of blogs and briefings were produced from the

survey on Best Value Guidance and Funding, Payment

by Results, Social Value, Independence, the New

Health Landscape

• Blogs written about events, networks and topical

issues

• Case studies written on engagement, partnership

working, equalities, Compact panels, funding andpromoting the Compact to Town and Parish Councils

Blogs/Case studies




• Lobbying Bill briefing - overview, practical impact

• The Compact and PCC’s and CCG’s guidance notes

• Best Value and the Compact

• Guidance on maintaining the independence of localHealthwatch

• Understanding Commissioning and Procurement: A

Guide for Local Compacts

• Social value – implications for local Compacts

Publications




• The Department for Communities and LocalGovernment (CLG) consultation into 'Improving local

government transparency'

• Ministry of Justice's consultation into proposed

reforms to the Judicial Review process.

• Welsh Assembly Investigation into making the

Compact statutory

• Department of Health querying the short timeframefor their consultation into migrant access to the NHS

Responses/Consultations




• Oldham – Statutory Providers and the sectordeveloped a Cooperative Charter, an ethical framework

for Commissioning and a range of cooperative pilots to

test new ways of delivering Council services.

• The leadership shown by the Council and its key

partners to create a Cooperative Borough has created

an exciting, dynamic environment – one in which the

values and benefits of working with voluntary andcommunity sector is recognised and embedded into

mainstream practice.

Examples of how it has been used




• Bury/Rochdale - Greater Manchester Fire and RescueService joined with ADAB, a local voluntary

organisation in Bury, to make the community safer.

• Community workshops were held in Bury and Rochdale

to recruit and train BME volunteers, who have then

delivered home safety checks, fitting thousands of

smoke alarms.

•

Awareness raising sessions and a DVD were produced• Community Participation from a diverse range of

groups has increased





•Manchester – The Safer Streets project delivers streetoutreach twice weekly to individuals and communities

that are affected by sex work, anti-social behaviour

and child sexual exploitation. The outreach is planned,

timetabled and delivered collaboratively by SurvivorsManchester, The Men’s Room and Mancunian Way.

• This way of working can open up clearer pathways for

individuals to begin a journey of change in their lives.• This project was shortlisted for an annual Compact

Impact award 2013





•Get to know your local and national Compact

• Reference it if/and when necessary

• Use it to influence the new landsacpes

•

Get involved to help reinvigorate the TamesideCompact

• Raise awareness and increase publicity

• Contact Ben for further information about future plans

• Use Compact Voice resources to link it to policies and

topical issues

Future Options




Questions? Comments?

Cath Cook

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