Transcript The Compact - sunderland partnership

The Compact and a Thriving
Voluntary & Community Sector
Linking a Thriving
Compact to a Thriving Sector
Thriving
Compact
Value
for
money
Empowers
organisations
Healthier
local
services
Strong
local
partnerships
Thriving
VCS
Enhanced
decisionmaking
Better
policy
development
Linking the Compact
to NI7
The Norfolk Compact is integral to Norfolk’s NI7 Local Area
Agreement Action Plan. It‘s three main objectives are:
1. Strong partnership arrangements across the county + opportunities to
influence decision-making
2. Sustainable funding opportunities and relationships (contracts and grants)
are in place
3. Effective support available from third sector generalist and specialist
infrastructure organisations.
Each of these specifically refers to the Norfolk Compact, applying its
principles and undertakings
Linking the Compact
to NI7
The West Sussex Compact Implementation Group
is the responsible partnership for NI7 work.
Their NI7 action plan, strongly compact linked, is
supported by a Compact worker, and covers:
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Policy development
Productive relationships
Developing funding opportunities
Capacity building and organisational development
Promotion
Polling
• Indicate the direction your Compact is
going in
• Discuss the results, use them as prompts
• Compare results with other areas
Champions
• Promote, raise awareness, build
understanding
• Effective Championing is key to improving
Compact performance
• Champions mush have support, training
and direction
Embed Compact
into mainstream
Structures
Identify and
recruit
Champions
Induction and support
for Champions
Achieve better
outcomes
Implement Compact
way of
working
Develop skills
and experience
Cascade
knowledge
Further information
and resources
• Compact Voice
www.compactvoice.org.uk
• Compact Advocacy
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/compactadvocacy