Formats for Annual Reports were covered at VAC's AGM training course on 30 June, and delegates suggested that this information be circulated more widely. Charity annual reports must meet requirements set down by the Charity Commission, whilst limited companies must follow Companies House requirements. Charitable companies (such as Voluntary Action Coventry) must follow both.

Coventry Partnership has been developing a framework to give greater consistency between different organisations when they inform, consult or involve local people in decision-making. Rightly or wrongly, consultation is often dismissed as a ‘tick-box' exercise with little effect on final decisions but this can lead to some really good work being missed.

Coventry Partnership has been developing a framework to give greater consistency between different organisations when they inform, consult or involve local people in decision-making. Rightly or wrongly, consultation is often dismissed as a ‘tick-box' exercise with little effect on final decisions but this can lead to some really good work being missed.

Alongside David Cameron's speech on Big Society (click here for more details http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/newsroom/news_releases/2010/100719-bigsociety.aspx), there is a little bit more detail on what Big Society might mean in terms of Government actions through a Cabinet Office