Useful Downloads

Local Compact Poster
A useful poster for Town Hall foyers, on display in your local CVS or volunteers bureau, anywhere that gets the message across that your area is involved in driving the Compact forward. (PDF 112.66KB, 1 page) 

Glossary and Jargon Buster
A helpful glossary and Jargon Buster to help understand key terms and phrases that are commonly used when referring to the Compact . (Word 63.5KB , 9 pages)

Compact: Roles and Responsilibilities
A simple introduction to the Compact and the three partner organisations working to drive it forward. (PDF, 3 pages)

Joint Compact Action Plan 2008-2009
The Plan sets out the priorities for progressing the partnership between government and the voluntary and community sector (and parts of the wider third sector) through the Compact. (PDF 610KB, 27 pages)

Progress Report Against Joint Compact Action Plan 2006-08
The progress report reflects the work and commitment of hundreds of people who make the principles of the Compact real in their daily work – in third sector organisations and public bodies – and at local, regional and national level (PDF, 15 pages).

Local Compact Implementation Plan - MiniGuide
A mini guide on how best to implement the Compact at a Local Level (PDF, 6 pages) 

Annual Sector Report 2007
A report by Compact Voice reflecting voluntary and community sector perspectives on the Compact (PDF, 51 pages)

Funding Study
This paper sets out an assessment by the Commission for the Compact of the extent to which recent Government funding programmes aimed wholly or partly at the Voluntary and Community Sector were consistent with the Compact and in particular with selected undertakings from the Funding and Procurement Code of Good Practice. (PDF, 25 pages)

Funding Q and A
Questions and Answers about the Compact Funding Study. (Word, 3 pages)