the compact and a thriving voluntary & community sector
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The Compact and a Thriving Voluntary & Community Sector
Linking a Thriving Compact to a Thriving Sector
Value for
money
Empowers organisati-
ons
Healthier local
services
Thriving Compact
Thriving VCS
Strong local
partner-ships
Enhanced decision-making
Better policy
develop-ment
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 Groupis the responsible partnership for NI7 work.
Their NI7 action plan, strongly compact linked, is supported by a Compact worker, and covers:
• 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
Identify and recruit
Champions
Induction and support for Champions
Embed Compact into mainstream
Structures
Achieve betteroutcomes
Develop skillsand experience
Implement Compactway of working
Cascade knowledge
Further information and resources
• Compact Voice
www.compactvoice.org.uk
• Compact Advocacy
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/compactadvocacy