The Compact
Compact funding, investment and procurement guidance
What are your views? Will this guidance help your organisation?
The Compact guidance on funding, investment and procurement has been updated. The Compact steering group has looked at examples of good practice from other areas, and has also made changes to reflect current policy and practice.
The steering group welcomes your comments and questions on this important document, which will be used by public sector partners to guide the way that they invest in, fund, and buy from voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations locally.
The consultation was launched at the Compact launch event on 17 March 2008 and will close on 9 June 2008.
Click here to see the updated guidance.
Please send any comments and/or questions on the guidance to wendy@voscur.org or ring Wendy Stephenson at Voscur on 0117 9099949.
An Agreement between VCSE Sector & Statutory Agencies
The Compact is the agreement between the Bristol Partnership and the voluntary, community & social enterprise (vcse) sector to improve their relationship for mutual advantage and community gain.
Click here to see the Bristol Compact 2008
Compact re-launch
The revised Bristol Compact was launched at an event at the Council House on 17th March. The event was opened by Simon Bale, the Chair of the Bristol Partnership. Councillor Helen Holland, the Leader of Bristol City Council emphasised the Council’s commitment to the Compact.
Dr Gordon Murray, of the Government’s Improvement and Development Agency (I&DeA), who is managing the national programme for third sector commissioning impressed all of us with his presentation on Commissioning from the Third Sector.
Click here to see Gordon Murray’s presentation
If you intend to respond to the consultation above - it may help you to look at Gordon Murray's presentation (this is a large 5MB file and can be emailed to you if you contact polly@voscur.org).
Does the Bristol guidance address some of the barriers identified by I&DeA?
Compact Steering Group
Minutes
- Minutes of Bristol Compact Steering Group - 31 January 2008
- Minutes of Bristol Compact Steering Group - 8 November 2007
- Minutes of Bristol Compact Steering Group - 6 June 2007
- Minutes of Bristol Compact Steering Group - 28 March 2007
- Minutes - Bristol Compact Steering Group - 8 February 2007
- Minutes of Bristol Compact Steering Group - 12 November 2006
Agendas
- Agenda - Bristol Compact Steering Group - 27 February 2008
- Agenda - Bristol Compact Steering Group - 31 January 2008
- Agenda - Bristol Compact Steering Group - 8 November 2007
- Agenda - Bristol Compact Steering Group - 6 September 2007
- Agenda - Bristol Compact Steering Group - 8 February 2007
Funding & Procurement Sub-Group
- Funding & Procurement Sub-Group Minutes - 22 January 2008
- Funding & Procurement Sub-Group Agenda - 22 January 2008
- Funding & Procurement Sub-Group Minutes - 6 December 2007
- Funding & Procurement Sub-Group Minutes - 6 September 2007
- Update on Consultation between vcse sector and Bristol City Council on Full Cost Recovery
- Bristol City Council support to medium sized enterprises
- Powerpoint presentation on Full Cost Recovery (1mb powerpoint doc)
Action Plans
- Compact Action Plan - March 2007 update (pdf)
- Compact Action Plan December 2006 (pdf)
- Draft Compact Action Plan November 2006 (pdf)
- Compact Update October 2006 (pdf)
- Draft Compact Action Plan September 2006 (pdf)
Codes of Practice
- Guidance for the Resolution of Complaints (pdf)
- Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) Compact Code (pdf)
- Bristol Compact Funding & Procurement Implementation Guidance
- Bristol Compact Equalities Implementation Guidance
- Bristol Compact Volunteers Charter
- Bristol Compact Consultation Participation Implementation Guidance
- Bristol Compact Landlord Good Practice Guidance
Disputes
- Reply from Compact Steering Group re Community Transport Provision in Bristol (3 April 2007)
- Letter to Compact Steering Group from Voscur Chief Executive re Community Transport Provision in Bristol (27 March 2007)
Biographies
Dr Gordon Murray
Since joining the IDeA Gordon has:
- led the submission of written and oral evidence, on behalf of the Local Government Association, to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee on Sustainable Procurement Policy
- developed, from concept to delivery, the asset management peer review programme
- led, in collaboration with the National e-Procurement Project, a programme of national support to Regional Centres of Excellence, in e-procurement reviews, sub-regional collaboration workshops, and mentoring
- developed and managed IDeA's Procurement Fitness programme
- led the development of the e-learning 'Passport to Procurement' package targeted at those with only part-time procurement responsibilities
- led and managed, in collaboration with 4Ps, IDeA Procurement Skills Development programme
- developed Centre for Public Scrutiny guidance on scrutinising strategic procurement
- Before joining the IDeA, Gordon was CIPFA/IPF's procurement adviser. There he set up their procurement advisory service including the Procurement and Commissioning Forum.
He has 25 years experience as a local government procurement practitioner.
Current work: National programme for third sector commissioning.