Are you happy with what’s being said on your behalf?

February 24, 2010 · Filed Under News, Viewpoint · View Comments 

NCIA has now heard back from all but one of the national bodies, in response to our open letter to them about the new Compact. These bodies speak on our behalf – or, in the case of Directory for Social Change, on matters that affect us.  And how strange…..not a word from ACEVO. They are usually so ready to broadcast their message. 

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Co-option or what? NCIA asks second tiers why they support the new Compact

January 19, 2010 · Filed Under News · View Comments 

The National Coalition for Independent Action today released an open letter to the Chief Executives of the five national bodies which have endorsed the revised National Compact, launched on December 16th. The full text of the letter reads:

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Compact – a failed initiative

October 17, 2008 · Filed Under Viewpoint · View Comments 
The hoary old Compact seems to be back on the agenda, in another attempt to ‘refresh’ (as we say down at the LSP) a failed initiative.  This is the one where important personages from the VCS and the statutory sector have signing ceremonies where they promise to do things like ‘respect each other’, ‘work in partnership’ or ‘embed equality of opportunity and social inclusion in everything we do’. Problem has been that it doesn’t work. When the local authority wants to screw you, it will do it anyway, Compact or not.

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