Publications & Documents
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External Publications |
Terms Of Reference of the VSF - agreed and adopted at the 29 November 2007 meeting. Download this document here.
Terms of Reference for the VCS Steering Group - download here.
Final Proposal to the VCS Regarding Representation on the LSP - download here.
Links between VCS Steering Group representatives, their networks and the LSP - download here.
Current Structure of the LSP - November 2007 - download here.
Terms used in the Building Blocks Report by the City Parochial Foundation - download here.
Ethics Document - download here.
National Indicators for Local Government - Oct 2007. The NI7 indicator is crucial to the development of a thriving Third Sector and this document sets out the way in which national government is proposing to measure the extent to which each local authority area is achieving the creation of an environment in which the sector can thrive. Table One shows that B&NES and Wiltshire are both expected to demonstrate a 4.1 per cent improvement from 2008-2010. Appendix one usefully summarises how the measuring will be done and also the information gleaned from the pilot survey. In B&NES The VCS Steering Group is also exploring with the Council the possibility of additional local indicators to supplement this. Download NI7 here.
Reviews ,Surveys & Reports
Formal Reports from VCS Steering Group to VSF
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VCS Steering Group Report to VSF November 2007. Download here. |
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VCS Steering Group Report to VSF March 2008. Download here |
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VCS Steering Group Report to VSF June 2008. Download here |
Review of the Work of the LSP Voluntary & Community Sector Group - September 09. Please click here.
B&NES Strategic Partnership Mapping Report
B&NES CVS, The Care Forum and Bath & NES Council have now completed the mapping of voluntary sector representation on key strategic partnerships and joint planning boards in our area. This work commenced in 2005 following a request through the Voluntary Sector Forum. Hard copies of the report are available from B&NES CVS. Download this document here.
The North Harbour Report
Mapping the Voluntary and Community Sector in Bath and North East Somerset. Download the final report here.
To read the Voluntary Sector Steering Group's response to the North Harbour Report click here.
Local Area Agreement Summary (LAA) JUNE 2008. This is a summary of progress on the new Local Area Agreement. Click here.
For documents and publications relating to the B&NES Compact please go to B&NES CVS website - Compact webpage.
The following documents were published recently by the Dep’t for Communities and Local Government (CLG).
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Creating Strong and Prosperous Communities, Statutory Guidance: a consultation - this is the statutory guidance on implementing the new local government performance framework (this covers LSPs, LAAs, MAAs and outlines governance and engagement - including engagement with the third sector and the duty to involve)Download from CLG website. |
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Principles of Representation: A framework for effective third sector representation in Local Strategic Partnerships - A consultation document. Written by a group of national third sector umbrella bodies in conjunction with CLG, how to improve representativeness of local third sector networks/forums especially re: LSPs. Download from CLG website. |
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Development of the new Local Area Agreement Framework. Operational Guidance 2007 - Not a consultation document. Technical guidance about Local Area Agreements. Download from CLG website. |
What are Local Area Agreements (LAA'S) explains how local area agreements (LAAs) work and why and how third sector organisations should engage with them. Available from the NAVCA website.
"Local area agreement - what's it got to do with me?" provides a simple introduction to LAAs, making the links between community activity and how people can influence decision making in their local area. Available from the NAVCA website.