The purpose of the Warwickshire Compact is to improve working relations by setting out the principles and standards that public agencies and voluntary and community organisations can expect of each other when working in partnership for the benefit of local people.

The original Warwickshire Compact was signed in January 2002 by 18 organisations, that represented both the public agencies and the voluntary and community sectors.

Following a twelve week consultation period, the Implementation and Monitoring Group approved the new version of  the Warwickshire Compact, which was then re-launched at the Champions Annual Event in November 2005.

The Compact now includes five new Codes of Good Practice, and these can all be downloaded from the Warwickshire Compact site.  The codes are based on the nationally approved codes of good practice, which are recognised, accepted and being implemented, by all Government departments.

The Compact and its Codes are not meant to be read from cover to cover at one sitting.  The Compact document should be seen as a source of information to be referred to by practitioners in the voluntary and community sector and in the public agencies in Warwickshire as a 'dip in and out' tool, to help them implement good practice policies and procedures in respect of their dealings with their partner organisations.

Organisations are eligible to become signatories to the Compact when they have formally resolved to adopt and implement the Compact's principles and good practice guidance.

For further information contact:

Charles Holmes - Warwickshire Compact Officer
72 High Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 5DA

Telephone: 024 7637 1831