I am a ... Compact Champion
So you're a compact champion? Congratulations! These pages are meant to be resources to help in your role, supporting Compact partners to work together successfully and produce great results.
- Champions promote, raise awareness and build understanding of the Compact, which helps increase implementation
- Effective championing is key to improving Compact performance. This helps achieve better outcomes for individuals and communities
- Champions must have support, training and direction as soon as recruited
- Champions are needed at both senior and operational levels. Operational champions market the Compact and offer practical support, while senior level champions can create the right working environment and help remove barriers to implementation
- Champions don’t have to be experts but they do need good communication and promotion skills
- Champions are often energetic, motivated and committed individuals. Being brought together through a network and linked into key strategic decision-making processes can boost their impact.
Compact Champions in Bristol City Council
Resources for Compact Champions
They are Champions: The Role and Impact of Local Compact Champions (July 2009)
Compact Champions Support Pack
A public sector Compact Champions support pack will be published later this year by the Commission for the Compact.
Compact Champions play a vital role improving understanding and implementation of Local Compacts. It was clear that many public sector champions felt they required further support and guidance in order to help them carry out their role.
The Commission has been working with Champions from Wolverhampton Compact to develop a support pack for public sector champions. The pack contains useful approaches, ideas and solutions to everyday problems public sector Compact Champions face.
The pack will be released in the autumn. For more information about this pack, please visit: http://www.thecompact.org.uk/form/141820/
