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Paul Barasi Local Compact Voice Officer

Paul Barasi Local Compact Voice Officer. What’s it good for? Turning it into a good practice story. Jones, do you realise what the Compact is?

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Paul Barasi Local Compact Voice Officer

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  1. Paul Barasi Local Compact Voice Officer What’s it good for? Turning it into a good practice story

  2. Jones, do you realise what the Compact is? It’s the agreement between the government and voluntary organisations to improve their relationship for mutual advantage. It’s got us better relations, improved funding processes, clear consultation standards, enforceable rights. Do you know what you can do with something as powerful as a Local Compact? It helps us to do things together that make a differenceby building on success. Don’t bury your Compact in the sand!

  3. 5 Codes of GOOD PRACTICE One Compact to rule them all

  4. Codes of GOOD PRACTICE A political story? It’s what good councils do Good funders do Good consulters do

  5. Tests Public bodies demonstrate they understand itEasy for groups to represent users & be heard Groups believe campaigning won’t risk funding Groups manage their own affairs free from interference and without council appointees on their trustee boards Negotiated, not imposed over-prescriptive contracts (facilitating service transformation) Greater independence Stronger relationships Better outcomes

  6. Putting it right when things go wrong   Some groups don’t challenge Compact breaches. Why?

  7. Signs of a Compact that works Are public bodies more supportive and enabling? Is access and working together easier, quicker, better? Is our Compact known, used and followed? Is a Compact way of working together used right from the start?

  8. What Local Compacts can do Enfield: cutting red tape in grants process Merton: 42 planned and opportunistic wins in first two years– and from when things go wrong A Compact wins Roller Coaster

  9. Enfield Police used their Compact to engage faith groups Merton’s community policing standards apply their Compact principles and values at street level.

  10. When you know how: the possibilities are endless Turning a campaign to keep the Lido into a partnership to jointly manage it

  11. Boosting involvement Did you know our Compact can get small groups more involved in community strategy, overview and scrutiny, best value and the local area agreement? Thriving engagement I don’t know what these are, how to get involved or what support I’d get Thriving Third Sector Thriving communities

  12. Local Area Agreement: Compact Themes LAA tasks the Compact Group on capacity and involvement The LAA’s Golden Thread LAA driver for partnership building Full Participation Plus pioneering LAA at Street Level: Northamptonshire's Compact

  13. Participatory budgets started in Brazil Now it's happening here People Power on grants – Bradford, Sunderland … What could linking this with a Compact achieve?

  14. Compact champions Help people to know and use their Compact Can tell their own story 020 7520 2453 paul.barasi@ncvo-vol.org.uk Compactvoice.org.uk

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