the journey so far… jane hibberd assistant head of community services (community development)...
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What’s been happening? 5 Codes of Practice Working Groups with co-chairs: –Funding and Procurement: Alan Patchett (Age Concern Sunderland) & Janice Gregory (PCT) –Volunteering: David Curtis (Volunteer Centre) & Jane Hibberd / June Forster ( Sunderland City Council) –Voluntary and Community Groups: Steve Barna (SVSYF) & Vivienne Metcalfe (Sunderland City Council) –Consultation and Policy Appraisal: Ailsa Martin (Sunderland Carers Centre) & Lee Cranston (Sunderland City Council) –Equalities Codes of Practice: Dean Huggins (Sunderland BME Network) & Sal Buckler / Dawn Osborne (Sunderland City Council).TRANSCRIPT
The Journey So Far…
Jane HibberdAssistant Head of Community Services (Community Development)Sunderland City Council
E-mail: [email protected]: 0191 561 4621
Background• 2 existing Sunderland Compacts:
– Sunderland Partnership (c. 2000)– Health & Social Care (c.2002)
• Sunderland Partnership Community Development Plan consultation events– Issue of trust– Compact out of date– Not well known about or understood
• Refreshing the Sunderland Compact launch event (November 07)
What’s been happening?• 5 Codes of Practice Working Groups with co-chairs:
– Funding and Procurement: Alan Patchett (Age Concern Sunderland) & Janice Gregory (PCT)
– Volunteering: David Curtis (Volunteer Centre) & Jane Hibberd / June Forster ( Sunderland City Council)
– Voluntary and Community Groups: Steve Barna (SVSYF) & Vivienne Metcalfe (Sunderland City Council)
– Consultation and Policy Appraisal: Ailsa Martin (Sunderland Carers Centre) & Lee Cranston (Sunderland City Council)
– Equalities Codes of Practice: Dean Huggins (Sunderland BME Network) & Sal Buckler / Dawn Osborne (Sunderland City Council).
What’s been happening? (2)
• Compact Officer Group & Forum established
• Draft Compact text
• Draft Codes of Practice commitments and action plans
Challenges
• Engagement of organisations• ‘Been here before’ v ‘Buy in’• Equalities Codes of Practice – deviation from the
current national format• Time commitment• Maintaining the momentum
April 2008 onwards• Main Compact:
– Finalise the draft text (Monitoring and Review / Compact Compliance)
– Sunderland Partnership Board• Draft for consultation (April 2008)• Sign Off (September 2008)
– Individual organisations consulted (May – July 2008)– Individual organisations sign up (September onwards)
• Codes of Practice:– Development work to continue on Equalities Codes of Practice,
Policy Appraisal and Consultation Code of Practice, and Funding & Procurement Code of Practice
– Finalisation of action plans for Volunteering and Voluntary & Community Groups
• Embedding a Compact way of working in organisations