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EHRC publishes strategic plan
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published its strategic plan for the next three years. Its three strategic priorities will be: To promote fairness and equality of opportunity in Britain’s future economy; to promote fair access to public services, and autonomy and dignity in service delivery; and to promote dignity and respect, and safeguard people’s safety.
Community rights made real
77 people from voluntary, community and faith groups and organisations from across Tameside and Oldham gathered together on Wednesday 14 March at Dukinfield Town Hall for a one day workshop on the Government’s introduction of new community rights. These rights are meant to give residents the chance to take action on local services, assets and development. This Voice event facilitated by T3SC, and our sister organisation Voluntary Action Oldham, as part of a national tour organised by Urban Forum, aimed to make sure that groups were equipped with the knowledge and skills to take advantage of these rights so that local groups and organisations can make a difference together.
The workshops:
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Briefed people on the details of all the new community rights and discussed their practical implications for communities.
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Shared experience of existing community action - successes and pitfalls.
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Supported community groups and community activists to consider the next steps in taking action using the new rights.
90% of those voting in our interactive poll at the event said that the workshops had increased their knowledge of the community rights. Full results of people’s opinions about the different community rights can be found here: 
Interactive poll results
Interactive poll resultsCopies of the talks:
Audio files:
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Introduction to community rights and localism
Neighbourhood planning
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Community right to bid
Closing discussion
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Further useful information can be found here:
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We recommend Urban Forum's community rights policy page in particular their succinct Localism Act briefing
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Links to blogs based on Dudley project feedback:
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VSNW (another partner in the event) would like to support groups to make the most of the new Community Rights. To do this, VSNW are asking people to fill in their short Community Rights survey
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Locality’s (another partner in the event) community rights policy page
For more information about local follow up work please, Email voice@t3sc.org Tel: 0161 339 4985.
Serving deprived communities in a recession
This report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that local authorities in the most deprived areas bear the greatest burden of the public sector funding reductions. Some of the highest ranking local authorities on the Index of Multiple Deprivation are losing the most while some of the most affluent local authorities are losing the least.
Riots Panel Report
The Riots Communities and Victims Panel has published its final report including recommendations for the Troubled Families Programme, child advocates, schools, job guarantees, advertising standards, young adult mentors and the police.
The new Social Justice Strategy
The government has published its Social Justice Strategy, which is designed to make ‘society function better - providing the support and tools to help turn lives around’.
Community rights made real
77 people from voluntary, community and faith groups and organisations from across Tameside and Oldham gathered together on Wednesday 14 March at Dukinfield Town Hall for a one day workshop on the Government’s introduction of new community rights. These rights are meant to give residents the chance to take action on local services, assets and development. This Voice event facilitated by T3SC, and our sister organisation Voluntary Action Oldham, as part of a national tour organised by Urban Forum, aimed to make sure that groups were equipped with the knowledge and skills to take advantage of these rights so that local groups and organisations can make a difference together.
The workshops:
-
Briefed people on the details of all the new community rights and discussed their practical implications for communities.
-
Shared experience of existing community action - successes and pitfalls.
-
Supported community groups and community activists to consider the next steps in taking action using the new rights.
90% of those voting in our interactive poll at the event said that the workshops had increased their knowledge of the community rights. Full results of people’s opinions about the different community rights can be found here: Interactive poll results
Interactive poll resultsCopies of the talks:
Audio files:
|
Introduction to community rights and localism
Neighbourhood planning
|
Community right to bid
Closing discussion
|
Further useful information can be found here:
-
We recommend Urban Forum's community rights policy page in particular their succinct Localism Act briefing
-
Links to blogs based on Dudley project feedback:
-
VSNW (another partner in the event) would like to support groups to make the most of the new Community Rights. To do this, VSNW are asking people to fill in their short Community Rights survey
-
Locality’s (another partner in the event) community rights policy page
For more information about local follow up work please, Email voice@t3sc.org Tel: 0161 339 4985.
Compact concerns
The National Audit Office (NAO) has published the findings from its inquiry into how government departments are implementing the Compact with the voluntary sector in their work. The report’s findings include that 40% of consultations issued since the renewed Compact was launched in 2010 had shorter than 12 week time periods. The report sets out a number of recommendations to address the concerns raised.
Our views on 'Supporting a Stronger Civil Society'
T3SC and Voluntary Action Oldham have jointly responded to the Office of Civil Society consultation ‘Supporting a Stronger Civil Society’, about improving the support for frontline voluntary and community groups, and the role of support and development organisations such as T3SC. Included in our response were the views of over 50 groups across Tameside and Oldham.
You can read our consultation response at VAO and T3SC OCS consultation response
VAO and T3SC OCS consultation responseGuide to Loal Compacts
Compact Voice has published 'Local Compacts: A User Guide' giving practical information on what Compacts can cover, communicating their contents, addressing non-compliance and more. (‘A local Compact is a mutually agreed document and approach to partnership working between sectors.’)
Quick guide to community rights
Locality, the organisation for community anchors, has produced a quick guide to the Community Right to Bid and the Community Right to Challenge, which are part of the new Localism Act. Locality manages the Assets Transfer Unit, which can provide assistance on take on a local asset.
Women and the cuts
Would you like to know how to carry out a human rights and equality impact assessment of the spending cuts on women in your community? The Trades Union Congress have produced a toolkit for the sector to do this. Although the toolkit focuses on women and the cuts, much of the information it contains can be used to look at the impact of the cuts on other groups.
Factsheets
There are some new Research, Policy and Participation factsheets available for groups. These can be found on the How to...guides page.
There are factsheets on:
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Equality law and legislation.
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How to benefit from collaborative working.
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Local statistics and where to find them.
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How to engage with parliament.
'Changes to local decision making' video
In February 2011 Voice’s ‘Changes to local decision making’ event gave groups the chance to feed back on changes to the Tameside Strategic Partnership structure. Here are some of the things people said.
