Compact
What is the Compact?
The National Compact
The Compact is all about better partnership working and creating better outcomes for individuals and local communities.
Established in 1998, the Compact is an agreement between Government and the voluntary and community sector in England. It recognises shared values, principles and commitments and sets out guidelines for how both parties should work together. Local compact agreements are also now in place across England.
Although the Compact is not legally binding and is built on trust and mutual goodwill, its authority is derived from its endorsement by Government and by the voluntary and community sector itself through its consultation process.
In 2009 the revised National Compact was launched.
Its commitments are divided into three areas covering:
- ‘involvement in policy development’,
- ‘allocating resources’ and
- ‘advancing equality’.
The Hull City Council website has more information about the Compact and can be viewed here
Useful Websites
Representative body for the interests of the voluntary and community sector in all matters related to the Compact and to get the sector’s views raised to the Government and to the Commission for the Compact.
The Local Compact
The Compact for Hull is an agreement between local statutory agencies e.g. Hull City Council, the Police, NHS Hull, etc, and the Voluntary and Community Sector (everything from charities to local self-help groups and sports clubs), about how relationships between these organisations should work.
ONE HULL – the Local Strategic Partnership - leads the Hull Compact and a Steering Group oversees implementation of the compact including the codes of practice. Hull CVS actively supports the Hull Compact and is represented on the Steering Group.
