2008 Finalists

The finalists of this year’s Compact Awards have been announced. Organised by the Commission for the Compact in partnership with Compact Voice, the Office of the Third Sector and the Local Government Association, these annual awards demonstrate the Compact in action, recognising and celebrating excellent partnership working between the statutory and third sectors.

The nomination categories are; Local Compact of the Year; Compact Award for Excellence at a Regional Level; Compact Award for Excellence at a National Level; Compact Champion of the Year and The Commissioner’s Award.

The finalists are:

• Calderdale Compact
• Department of Health Third Sector Funding and Investment Review Project
• Derby Compact
• East Sussex Compact
• Gloucestershire Compact
• Haringey Compact
• South West Regional Compact Group
• Wolverhampton Compact
• Diana Billingham (Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust)
• Laura Hack (Compact in Suffolk)
• Janice Rose (Northumberland Strategic Partnership)
• Andrew Wates (Surrey Compact)

Highly commended certificates will be presented to the following partnerships:

• Rotherham Partnership Compact
• Sunderland Compact
• Surrey Compact
• Compact for Devon
• Thanet Compact
• Community Development Company (DOC) and Hull City Council
• Compact for Newcastle-upon-Tyne