A Shared Community
Relationship building and charters for unitary authorities and community and town councils.
Charters can enhance relationships within local government in a number of ways, not least because the process of agreeing a charter entails assessing the values and behaviour which underpin any interaction.
WAG/WLGA/OVW joint guidance on charters:
A Shared Community - Relationship building and charters for unitary authorities and community and town councils
Charter Network
A Charter network for all community and town council liaison officers was established in January 2010. Contact details of the charter network can be found below along with the agenda and papers from the first charter working event, which was held on 25th January 2010.
Charter Network Contact List
Charter Working Event - Agenda
Charter Working Event - Feedback from discussions (Welsh)
Charter Working Event - Feedback from discussions (English)
Useful Guidance and Information
Letter from the Minister for Social Justice and Local Government (Bilingual)
Learning to Improve – Evaluation of Assembly Government policy for Local Government (first annual report and summary outlining the findings from a survey of local authority officials and elected members around the themes of collaboration, central-local relations and citizen engagement).
One Voice Wales Development Officers
Lyn Llewellyn - South Wales (Neath/Swansea)
07917 846511 or email: lyn.llewellyn@onevoicewales.org.uk
Ken Burton - South Wales
07917 846512 or email: ken.burton@onevoicewales.org.uk
Gwenllian Owen - North Wales
07917 846510 or email: gwenllian.owen@onevoicewales.org.uk
Del Morgan - Mid Wales
07917 846513 or email: del.morgan@onevoicewales.org.uk
