Compact...

- is "the working together in partnership of the voluntary, community and statutory sectors to improve the quality of life for Coventry people"

• - encourages mutual respect, understanding and equality between partners
• is the continuing development of good practice in joint working

- Codes of practice and other materials have been developed to illustrate this by a multi-sector steering group, drawing from a range of materials and comments from individuals:

• Funding code
• Commissioning code
• Procurement and contracting code
• Conflict resolution procedure
• Practical Guide to Partnership Working
• Model contract framework (for non-tendered contracts*)
• A brief description of each code plus background information on Coventry's Compact can be found in our introductory leaflet - click here

A new code is currently out for consultation (attached below), based upon the Coventry Partnership Inform, Consult & Involve Framework. Comments are welcome by 10.00, Tuesday 20 September to r.allison@vacoventry.org.uk

The Coventry Compact has been adopted by all members of the Coventry Partnership, and working to Compact principles will help your organisation to:

• build more effective services, maximising involvement of service users and the community
• work to and evidence good practice
• work collaboratively to ensure best value for money
• increase respect, understanding and equality between partners
• provide a mechanism for reasoned debate

The Compact Steering Group will monitor and evaluate the impact of Compact, and continue to review and develop materials. Coventry was the first area in the country to hold local Compact awards to celebrate successful working in the spirit of Compact. The 14 award winners have been published as case studies and all fourteen can be downloaded as an 8-page booklet below.

For more information please contact Rob Allison on 024 7622 0381 or email r.allison@vacoventry.org.uk 

[* for use with voluntary sector health and social care contracts which are not high risk, not being competitively tendered, and not subject to a prescribed national contract model.]