Get involved with compacts in Hackney

Being a Compact Champion is a good way to raise awareness and promote Compact successes in your area of work.  Networking and sharing information will ensure that the Hackney Compact is known and used.  

What you need to know:

That the Hackney Compact is:

• An agreement between public and statutory sector and the voluntary and community sector in Hackney aimed at improving the working relationship between the sectors for mutual advantage
• A document setting out values, principles and commitments for how best to work together to achieve more for the people of Hackney
• A framework for action that will develop collaborative, productive partnership based on mutual respect and trust - the essential elements to which the partners have committed themselves.

What a Champion needs to do:

Know your stuff -

• Read the Hackney Compact and be clear what it is and does
• Be able to come up with examples of Compact ways of working
• Be able to demonstrate what your audience's vested interest in Compact is
• Promote the Hackney Compact wherever and whenever you can
• Communicate with the relevant Compact Lead Officer to find out what the plans are for Compact implementation in your area.

Benefits to London borough of Hackney:

• It pays to have to demonstrate commitment to partnership working in CAA (Comprehensive Area Assessment), and the work involved with measuring Resource Use and delivering the Indicators in the Local Area Agreement.  This has potential to boost external investing in Hackney as government rewards the way we work with the Voluntary and community sector  
• Better relations - better planning - better services, by drawing on the expertise of local groups policy reviews, consultations and partnerships and through commissioning them to deliver public services

Benefits to the Voluntary and Community Sector:

• Having an enabling and supportive local government: in valuing the difference you make to the area, recognising your expertise, understanding the way you work, and providing fair and effective funding
• Consultation and involvement that works: getting enough time to have a say on what matters to the sector, being heard and having sector issues addressed appropriately

Benefits to Everyone:

• Meaningful promises on both sides that make a difference and somewhere to go to sort it out when things go wrong
• Building relations that change how partners behave, engage and work together