See Also
Stuff here
Contact Us
Sarah Phippin
Corporate Projects Advisor – Third Sector
sarah.phippin@thanet.gov.uk
(01843) 577092
Carol Cook
Corporate Project Officer – Child
Protection
carol.cook@thanet.gov.uk
(01843) 577043
Ian Driver
Corporate Project Officer – Equalities and
Diversity
ian.driver@thanet.gov.uk
(01843) 577192
Introduction, background &
aims
Support for the Community & Voluntary Sector - consultation
draft
The purpose of Thanet District Council’s Community Partnership
Agreements Policy is to give clear guidelines and principles to all
of those in the third sector who wish to apply for partnership
working. It contains details of criteria that need to be met
by applicants and our priorities as a Council which we would wish
to be reflected in successful applications. It is for the
benefit of the third sector within Thanet, Thanet District Council
and the residents of Thanet by setting out criteria for the
application of Community Partnership Agreements, for officers and
members to clearly understand the principles of allocating
resources to third sector organisations and to give the residents
of Thanet the knowledge Thanet District Council is working with the
third sector to provide the services that they need.
- Following a review of Thanet District
Council’s current procedure, this policy has been revised to create
a fairer more beneficial system.
- The third sector is becoming an ever
increasing influence within our communities, which are now hugely
diverse in their nature to make them sustainable and give the
sector greater independence.
- This proposal has been designed with
reference to Thanet Compact in which Thanet District Council are
active champions. Thanet District Council believes that this
proposal embodies the values of the Compact.
- There are several hundred third sector
organisations active in Thanet today, all of which are of different
sizes, scopes and financial prosperity. Many of these
organisations play a key role in the community, such as resident
advice, social care, and leisure and recreation. There are
310 charitable organisations registered with the Charities
Commission in the Thanet area out of 4884 registered throughout
Kent, but there are many who are not yet registered.
- Grant funding is currently categorised in
four ways:
- Events
- Community projects
- Small grants
- Rentals
The aims of Thanet District Council’s
Community Partnership Agreement Policy are:
- To show our commitment to Thanet’s third
sector and recognise their value as equal partners.
- To champion greater cohesion within the
sector.
- To strengthen the Council’s commitment to
vulnerable groups.
- To give greater sustainability to the third
sector in Thanet.
- To give clarity to the third sector in
relation to the criteria that need to be met when applying for a
community partnership agreement.
- To align with the principles of the Thanet
Compact.
- To operate a fair criteria based process
based upon logical, transparent methodology.
Back: Process
overview
Next: Criteria