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Oswestry Voluntary and Community Sector Compact

Oswestry Compact

"Building a safer and stronger community in Oswestry Borough through development and support of the voluntary and community sector".

Background

The Compact began as a written understanding between the government and the voluntary sector, setting out a framework for future partnership working.

Since then, compacts have been developed regionally and locally between local authorities and their statutory partners and the voluntary and community sector (VCS).

They recognise each sector's roles and constraints.

They set out each sector's commitments to mutually support and develop investment, services and standards through improved research, consultation and engagement.

They are working documents that are regularly revised.

How the Oswestry Borough Compact was developed

Work started last summer between Oswestry Borough Council (OBC), representing the statutory sector and Oswestry Community Action (OCA), representing the voluntary and community sector. These two organisations are signatories to the document along with Oswestry Community Partnership (OCP).

Organisations from each sector were invited to an initial workshop from which a steering group was formed. A series of draft documents was discussed culminating in the final draft.

Why have a Compact?

We recognise the roles both sectors play in the development and delivery of public policy and services.

Awareness of each other's roles and responsibilities, however, has been patchy. By setting out and promoting our activities, we believe that Oswestrians will benefit from more coordinated, better-resourced community services.

The VCS's services are crucial in this sparsely-populated area. A compact with the statutory sector, in particular policy-makers, clearly identifies and recognises the value and importance of their work in sustaining rural communities.