BME Pact - Useful Links

The following organisations have websites that may provide useful information.

Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team
Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team volunteers provide 365-day Mountain Search and Rescue services in both the rural and urban districts of Lancashire. A registered charity, the MRT gives talks on first aid and mountain safety, and offers facilities for young people, including residential activities.

CEMVO
The Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Organisations. The CEMVO website directs visitors to the Ethnic Minority Foundation website. Established in 1999, EMF is a registered charity committed to extending opportunities to people from the most disadvantaged communities in the UK.

Communities and Local Government
Communities should be able to influence and protect their own future. Communities and Local Government has a vision of confident, vibrant, sustainable communities where everyone has a say in shaping their environment.

Compact (The)
The Compact was established in England in 1998 and has been taken forward at national, regional and local levels. There are many examples of good practice leading to effective partnership working between statutory and voluntary sectors, but there are still many areas where the Compact and its codes of good practice have not been adopted. The Commission for the Compact has been established in recognition that there is still a lack of awareness of the Compact and because there are still real barriers to its adoption and implementation. The Commission for the Compact also came out of a consultation co-ordinated by the Home Office in 2005 as 'Strengthening Partnerships: Next Steps for the Compact'.

Our work includes developing an evidence base on the Compact's progress, sharing good practice and looking at key themes that affect the relationship between statutory and voluntary sectors. We promote and review the policy and operation of the Compact and its codes nationally and locally to support the Commission as an independent resource of knowledge and expertise. We oversee a Compact Action Plan between key partners through the Compact annual meeting. Resolving issues includes working with our stakeholders in government and the voluntary and community sector and using our independence to help shape and influence change.

Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
The Equality & Human Rights Commission is working to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations, ensuring that everyone has a fair chance to participate in society.

IDeA (Improvement & Development Agency)
The IDeA works for local government improvement so councils can serve people and places better. It uses experienced councillors and senior officers, known as peers, who support and challenge councils to improve themselves. It enables councils to share good practice through the national Beacon Scheme and regional local government networks. The best ideas are published on IDeA Knowledge, the IDeA’s website. The IDeA is owned by the Local Government Association and belongs to local government. Together they lead local government improvement.

Government Office for the North West
Government Office for the North West is one of nine Government Offices in England. We represent and undertake work on behalf of ten central government departments.

• Cabinet Office
• Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
• Department for Transport
• Department for Children, Schools and Families
• Home Office
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Culture, Media
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Ministry of Justice
• Department of Health – co-located with GONW

We also have regular links with other government departments. Our purpose is to improve the quality of life of people in the North West by serving ministers effectively and ensuring that government policy is developed and implemented in the best way. We want to achieve high and stable levels of growth and employment in the region, and to build an inclusive and prosperous society that can develop in a sustainable way.

Interfaith Network for the UK (The)
The Interfaith Network for the UK was founded in 1987 to promote good relations between people of different faiths in this country. Its member organisations include representative bodies from the Baha’I, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian communities; national and local inter faith bodies; and both academic institutions and educational bodies concerned with inter-faith issues. The Network works with its member bodies to help make the UK a place marked by mutual understanding and respect between religions where all can practice their faith with integrity.

Lancashire County Council
Please use the link above to visit the County Council's "Community Engagement" page. A review of the Council's relationship with the Voluntary, Community and Faith Sectors (VCFS) can be found here. Information about grants for the VCFS can be found here.

North West Network
North West Network was established by a consortium of voluntary sector organisations in 1993 as a direct response to the ever-increasing demand for clear, professional advice and information on how to access and manage funds from the European Union.

One North West
Supported by a Home Office Active Community Unit grant and by the European Social Fund, One North West is working for the benefit of the black and minority ethnic voluntary and community sector across the five sub-regions of Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Merseyside.

Respect
Respect is about central government, local agencies, local communities and ultimately every citizen working together to build a society in which we can respect one another – where antisocial behaviour is rare and tackled effectively, and communities can live in peace together.

• it's not about going back to the past or returning to the days of ‘knowing your place’
• it's about nurturing and, where needed, enforcing a modern culture of respect, which the majority of people want
• it's about showing tolerance, acceptance and common decency towards people around us – our family, friends and peers, people who are older or younger than us, people from different walks of life or who follow different cultures or religions
• it's about being considerate of the consequences of our behaviour for others.

For most of us, this is automatic and ingrained in the habits of our everyday lives. But when respect for self, others and the community breaks down, anti-social behaviour takes hold. Making offensive and threatening remarks, dumping litter and urinating in the street is clearly inconsiderate or disrespectful by any definition.

Selnet UK
SEL-Net (Social Enterprise - Lancashire Network) is a Lancashire based organisation that was established to support social enterprises within the county. It also organises the SELNET Social Enterprise of the Year Award. Supported by LCDL and NWDA it offers a number of training opportunities, details of which can be found on the website.

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