Useful Information
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A
Accountability
Means by which individuals and organisations report their actions and are answerable to others for what they have done.
Annual Sector Survey
A survey conducted by Compact Voice to find out how the Compact is working, gauge the change in sector relations with government and local public bodies and draw input from the sector that renews the Group’s mandate, especially in representing the sector at the Compact Annual Meeting.
B
Best Value
A process used throughout local government for checking the quality and cost of all council services and in which the sector’s involvement should be underpinned explicitly by a Local Compact.
BME
Black and Minority Ethnic voluntary and community organisations and groups. This is the preferred term of BME groups – although it is best used in full.
C
Capacity Building
A resourced approach (typically through staff training and development) boosting the sector’s ability to manage projects, deliver services or engage in consultation and policy processes, partnerships and social enterprise by ensuring that voluntary and community organisations have the skills, knowledge, structures and resources to realise their potential.
ChangeUp
The Capacity Building and Infrastructure Framework for the Voluntary and Community sector, published by the Active Community Unit in June 2004.Further information can be found at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/comrace/active/developing
D
Disability rights in everyday life
The 'Disabled people's rights in everyday life' page is about the parts of the Equality Act 2010 that provide protection from disability discrimination. There is separate information about how the Act affects your rights in different areas of life, including accessing and using the services of shops, cafes and banks.
Data and Statistics
Information and data on the key issues affecting Lincolnshire has never been so easy to find on the new Lincolnshire Research Observatory website. The site holds a range of information resources from reports and area profiles to our new interactive map display which allows you to interact with a wide library of data. Visit the LRO at http://www.research-lincs.org.uk/Home.aspx
If you have any queries please contact: LRO@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Disability Etiquette
Download document from Disability Page
E
Employment of Refugees
The UK Border Agency has published crucial new guidance on employing refugees and asylum seekers. The guidance gives employers clear information on the documentation checks they need to carry out when recruiting refugees and asylum seekers, and also includes details of the employment rights of refugees, the bespoke documentation they are issued with in place of a national passport, and how refugees differ from other foreign nationals in the UK. See Guidance for employers on illegal working: refugees and asylum seekers.
Easy Read Guidance
The Department of Health and Office for Disability Issues published a good practice guidance aimed at people who commission easy read information for people with learning disabilities on 18 November 2010.This guidance is mainly for public sector organisations at a local and national level, but also for other organisations who produce public information specifically for people with learning disabilities
To download a copy ofd the guidance follow this link: http://www.valuingpeoplenow.dh.gov.uk/content/launch-easy-read-guidance
F
Fairness - How Fair is Britain?
Browse an interactive summary of 'How fair is Britain?'. Read the highlights of the report and discover the significant challenges to equality, human rights and good relations in 2010. Online summary edition
H
Hearing Loss Guide and Information
O
Office of the Public Guardian
For information and forms for lasting power of attorney. www.publicguardian.gov.uk
T
Transgender Discrimination
