Communities and Local Government Consultation Event
Have your say on the sector’s role in local decision-making and community involvement: How can the sector be effectively represented on Local Strategic Partnerships? How can we help the public sector involve local people?
A consultation event to discuss these questions will be held on Friday 1st February 2008, 9.30am – 12.15pm at the Gala Theatre and Cinema Millennium Place, Durham, DH1 1WA . The event is hosted by Hosted by: Northumberland VCS Consortium, One Voice Network, Pentagon Partnership, Tees Valley Voluntary and Community Sector Forum and VONNE (Voluntary Organisations’ Network North East)
In November the Department for Communities and Local Government published two documents with significant implications for the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in the region.
The first was The Principles of Representation: A framework for effective third sector participation in Local Strategic Partnerships, which outlined the vision of Government and national VCS partners for delivering this locally.
The second was Creating Strong, Safe and Prosperous Communities Statutory Guidance, a draft consultation document which highlighted the new duty on authorities to, “take those steps they consider appropriate to involve representatives of local persons in the exercise of any of their functions”
Collectively these two documents have far-reaching implications for how the sector will be expected to engage with statutory partners, both through Local Strategic Partnerships and by other means, into the future. VONNE and the sub-regional partnerships are keen to hear your views on the proposals to inform a range of responses to Government on the issues raised.
The documents can be accessed online by clicking the links below and delegates will also be sent a short outline briefing to prompt discussions on the day.
Consultation Documents:
Principles of Representation Creating Strong Safe
Prosperous Communities: Statutory Guidance
To book your place, please return this booking form to Lesley Martin, Office Manager, VONNE by Monday 28th January 2008: lesley.martin@vonne.org.uk