Regeneration Event for Voluntary and Community Groups:
5th November 2008
SPACE IS LIMITED
Dover District Council, with the support of our Compact partners, is organising an event for local voluntary and community groups on Wednesday 5th November. The aims of this event are to:
This is a chance to hear first-hand what is happening and what the district will look like and to discuss how local communities can benefit. Spaces for the event are limited, and we will allocate these on a first come, first served basis. If you wish to attend please email compact@dover.gov.uk with your name / organisation and contact details. Please let us know if you have any access requirements or special needs.
The voice of the community is key to the district’s regeneration - we need to hear your voice.
Dover and District Compact (pdf, 123kb)
Compact Summary (pdf, 300kb)
Thanks to a successful bid to the Big Lottery Fund, voluntary and community groups in the district now have the benefit of 2 development workers, employed by CASE Kent: Community Network Officer and a Compact Support Officer.
Four codes of good practice support the Dover and District Compact:
The Compact is aligned to the Community Strategy, which seeks to improve the economic, social and environmental well-being within the Dover district and improve quality of life for everyone.
The principles behind the Compact are:
Coordinated service delivery across the district needs effective partnership working. The Dover and District Compact recognises that we can achieve more by working together. The aim is to increase the benefits to the whole community by sharing knowledge, experience, expertise and resources.
It is for all public bodies and groups who work in the Dover district – regardless of size - including community groups, black and minority ethnic groups and faith groups.
The Dover and District Compact aims to make the voluntary and community sector a full and equal partner and recognises the sector increasingly provides services for the local community.
The emphasis is now on partnership work and consultation. Your Compact gives local groups a voice to empower their community and ensure more democratic decision-making.
Voluntary and community groups work with the community at the grass-roots level, so are ideally placed to understand the needs of the people they are helping. For example, Age Concern understands the service needs for the elderly population within the Dover district and health groups know the needs of their members.
Before decisions are made about policy and service provision these types of groups, who are signed up to the Compact, will be consulted.
The Compact gives the voluntary and community sector a voice to empower their community and ensures the decision-making process is more democratic.
Local people can support the Dover and District Compact by encouraging voluntary and community groups to sign up.
The Dover & District Compact is more than a document
There is now also a Dispute Resolution Procedure to hold one another to account. A Dover & District Compact Implementation Group meets quarterly to promote the Compact
THE DOVER AND DISTRICT COMPACT:
“A living document which improves the way in which the partners work together”
“We achieve more for the Community by working together”
