We have a strong track record of working effectively together with the voluntary and community sector to deliver a diverse range of quality services to our communities.
These arrangements are essential to:
- Foster aspiration, independence and personal responsibility
- Promote the economic prosperity of Nottinghamshire and safeguard our environment
- Make Nottinghamshire a safer place to live
The diversity of the voluntary sector in Nottinghamshire, in skills, size, and aspirations also requires a strong infrastructure that assists in:
- delivering good quality services to the local community
- levering in additional resources from a range of sources
- supporting voluntary action for the benefit of the community
- promoting good practice in volunteering
- acting as a link between service users, providers and statutory agencies.
A range of measures help the voluntary sector in their delivery of local services including:
- the development of 'in principle' 3 year grant aid agreements with annual monitoring and review arrangements
- the development of jointly funded grant aid agreements with other main core funders such as district councils and Health Authorities
- the development of a joint Compact between the voluntary and community sector and local statutory organisations in Nottinghamshire
- supporting and maintaining regular liaison with the voluntary sector
- the development of a Corporate Grant Aid Strategy [PDF]
Nottinghamshire compact
The Compact is an agreement between local public bodies and the voluntary and community sector. It describes how we will work together to improve our communities. View the Nottinghamshire Compact [PDF]
We signed up to the Compact in November 2009 and have used it as the basis to develop an environment for a thriving third sector.
Organisations who have signed up to the Compact
- Advocacy Alliance
- Ashfield District Council
- Ashfield Voluntary Action
- Bassetlaw District Council
- Broxtowe Borough Council
- Voluntary Action Broxtowe
- Community Accounting Plus
- Connexions
- CVS Bassetlaw
- CVS Gedling
- CVS Mansfield
- CVS Newark & Sherwood
- CVS Nottingham
- CVS Rushcliffe
- Diocese of Southwell
- East Midlands Ambulance Service
- Enable
- Fire & Rescue Service
- Gedling Borough Council
- Hostels Liaison Group
- Mansfield District Council
- Newark & Sherwood District Council
- Nottinghamshire County PCT
- Notts County Council
- Notts Police
- Notts Race Equality
- Notts Youth Organisation Network
- Purple Zebra
- Retford Action Group
- Rural Community Action Notts
- Rushcliffe Borough Council
- Safer Nottinghamshire Drug and Alcohol Abuse Team
- Self Help Nottingham
