General admin on 26 Feb 2007
New Online Discussion Forum Launched
An online discussion forum on the Newham Compact has been added to this site.
Join the debate at www.newhamcompact.org.uk/am/
General admin on 14 Feb 2007
Why You Need to Sign Up NOW!
The Newham Capacity Builders Working Group has launched a new leaflet explaining why local voluntary and community organisations should sign up to the Newham Compact.
This initiative results from concerns by second-tier organisations that many local groups are unsure what the Newham Compact is and how it can have an important impact on their work. After the Compact’s formal launch last year, a number of smaller groups thought it was simply a prerequisite for applying to the local council’s Go For It small grants programme, rather than an important step forward in strengthening the relationship between public bodies and the voluntary and community sectors.
The Working Group, which includes organisations such as Newham Voluntary Sector Consortium, the Black and Ethnic Minority Community Care Forum, Urban Futures, Conflict and Change and Aston-Mansfield Community Involvement Unit, is aiming to encourage at least 100 organisations to have signed up by the summer.
To download a copy of the flyer, click here (
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General admin on 30 Jan 2007
Process agreed to resolve disputes using the Newham Compact
The Compact Implementation Group has agreed a new mechanism for resolving disputes using the Newham Compact
Because the Newham Compact strives to improve dialogue between all voluntary, community and faith sector groups and all officers in the statutory agencies that have signed up to it, the Compact Implementation Group wants to encourage disputes and disagreements to be resolved amicably wherever possible by discussion between local partners, as part of strengthening their on-going working relationships.
However, this may not always be possible. If either party to a disagreement between a voluntary, community or faith sector group and a statutory partner has tried unsuccessfully to resolve their dispute, they can approach the relevant contact on the Compact Implementation Group to ask for an external mediator to become involved.
This must be done by e-mail or in writing.
The main contacts for the Compact Disputes Process are:
Tom Connor, for London Borough of Newham - tom.connor@newham.gov.uk
Ian McDowell, for Newham NHS- Ian.Mcdowell@newhampct.nhs.uk
Sarah Ruiz, for the VCF sectors in Newham - sarah@nvsc.org.uk
Paul Morris, for Newham Police - Paul.Morris@newham.gov.uk
The Compact Implementation Group has also produced a ‘Successful Communication Checklist’ to assist groups and statutory partners to improve the way they communicate.
Successful Communication Checklist (84K) click here to download
Compact Documents admin on 10 Nov 2006
Sign up to the Newham Compact!
It is vital for the success of the Compact that as many voluntary and community groups read the Compact document and sign up to its principles.
Newham Voluntary Sector Consortium, Aston-Mansfield, the Renewal Programme, Newham African Caribbean Resource Centre and Newham Volunteer Network Centre have already done so. But every organisation in the not-for-profit sector is independent and that means your management committee or Board of Trustees will need to make a commitment on behalf of your group by completing the Sign Up form.
The more groups sign up, the greater chance there will be for better working relationships between the statutory sector and Newham’s voluntary and community groups.
So there’s no reason to delay - sign up today!
Events admin on 10 Nov 2006
Newham Compact launched at West Ham Football Club
The Newham Compact was formally launched at West Ham Football Club on 8 November with endorsements by Mayor Sir Robin Wales, Director of Newham Voluntary Sector Consortium Sarah Ruiz and the Chair of the Compact Implementation Group, Cllr Neil Wilson.
The full Compact, a summary, a form for your organisation to sign up to the Compact and one for you to provide feedback can be found on the Documents page.
General admin on 08 Sep 2006
New look website on the Newham Compact
Now that consultation is complete on developing a Compact between the voluntary, community and faith sectors in Newham and statutory bodies such as the local council, the Primary Care Trust and the police, www.newhamcompact.org.uk is changing, to include information on how the Compact will be implemented.