Currently, CAP’s remit only covers monitoring Compact compliance in central Government departments and agencies. If the new funding is secured it will be extended to voluntary organisations that have experienced unfair treatment by their local authority or other local government funders.

Millie Barrett, CAP officer, said: “We know that when used the Compact agreement really does improve relationships between the Government and voluntary organisations. While CAP has enjoyed some success at helping improve Compact compliance at a national level we are acutely aware that most statutory relationships are at a local level. It is clearly time for us to start taking on cases brought to our attention by local voluntary organisations.”

Since the programme was launched almost two years ago, CAP has launched a website to help organisations identify breaches, has produced the first of a series of reports on Compact compliance in specific government

For more information visit www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/CompactToolkit