{"id":1550,"date":"2013-02-12T14:54:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T14:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2013-02-12T14:54:58","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T14:54:58","slug":"what-is-the-compact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/2013\/02\/what-is-the-compact\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Compact?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Compact<\/strong> is the agreement between the government and the voluntary and community sector (independent voluntary organisations, charities, community groups, etc.) which outlines a way of working that improves their relationship for mutual advantage.\u00a0 The national Compact translates into locally implemented versions of the Compact applicable to particular areas.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0 North East Lincolnshire we have a local Compact which has been in place for many years, has been endorsed by a large number of public and community bodies across the borough, and for a long time has been supported and championed by VANEL.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The North East Lincolnshire Compact<\/strong> is now a single document which was written in 2010 and endorsed at the time by the Compact Steering Group.\u00a0 At the simplest level this Compact can be used by groups and organisations wishing to understand, endorse, sign-up to or use the Compact in dealings between the public and Voluntary Sector.<\/p>\n<p>A new Compact document \u2013 <strong>Code of Conduct for Meetings<\/strong> \u2013 was also introduced back in 2010 and has been used by a number of groups (including the North East Lincolnshire LINk).\u00a0 Again, this can be easily used and applied by local groups.<\/p>\n<p>The other 6 local Compact Codes still exist and are still relevant if groups prefer to use these.\u00a0 None of these have been updated since early 2010, but the wording is still useful in helping working relationships.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/support\/the-compact\/the-local-compact-documents\/\">Download these Codes and other documents here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since 2011 there has been no body or individual funded or resourced to support, promote or develop the local North East Lincolnshire Compact. Previous initiatives such as the Compact Steering Group, Compact Champions, the Compact newsletter and the Public Law training initiative are no longer in place.<\/p>\n<p>However, VANEL continues to support, endorse and champion the local Compact however it can.\u00a0 We provide resources related to the Compact on this website, provide a Compact blog with occasional useful news, and will do our best to answer questions related to our local Compact.\u00a0 Email <a href=\"mailto:\/\/compact@vanel.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">compact@vanel.org.uk<\/a> or contact Karl Elliott at VANEL for support.<\/p>\n<p>Please download the various Compact documents and use them with your groups and organisations.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, the Volunteer Centre and VANEL introduced Level 2 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/volunteering\/sva\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supporting Volunteers Award<\/a>.\u00a0 This includes a commitment from an SVA organisation to the Compact.\u00a0 So the behaviours and attitudes inherent in the Compact remain valid and relevant in the work that the VolCom sector carries out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Useful links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.compactvoice.org.uk\/about-compact\" target=\"_blank\">Information about the national Compact<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.compactvoice.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/the_compact.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The single, national Compact document<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note that the old North East Lincolnshire Compact website at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">www.vanel.org.uk\/compact<\/span> is no longer active.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1550\" data-postid=\"1550\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1550 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 2013, this is an update explaining exactly what the North East Lincolnshire Compact is and how it applies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3cThd-p0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1551,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions\/1551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}