Surrey CVS Network

The Surrey Compact

The Surrey Compact is a jointly agreed framework of principles to guide the relationship between the voluntary and community sector and public sector bodies in Surrey. The Surrey Compact was launched in July 2004 and it aims to help us:

• Communicate better with each other
• Understand and respect each other's views
• Work together more effectively to support the people of Surrey.

View the Surrey Compact document.

Alternatively, view the file online from the Surrey Compact site.

Surrey CVS Network members are part of the Compact Working Group and a long with a wide range of groups and organisations has helped to create the Surrey Compact. Five Codes of Practice underpin the Compact and will help us bring the Compact's principles into day-to-day work. The Codes are:

• Funding - view the Surrey Compact Funding Code
• Volunteering
• Working with Community Groups
• Equality and Diversity
• Policy Making and Consultation

Since the completion of the Funding code the Surrey Compact Working Group has now started work on the development of the Volunteering Code. If you would like to know more about the Surrey Compact Click here:

Compact Plus

Compact Plus is a proposed vehicle for strengthening Compact and its implementation. It suggests potential mechanisms for helping to improve the implementation and monitoring of Compact and its Codes of Practice, and increasing a focus on the funding relationship - both areas where the Home Office feels there is room for improvement. You can find more information under 'latest news' at www.thecompact.org.uk.