'How to develop a local charter' guidance

How to develop a local charter - A guide for local authorities

This new Young Foundation guide was launched by Hazel Blears MP, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, at the Annual New Local Government Network (NGLN) conference on 22 January 2008. To view Hazel Blears' speech click here and to read a report of this speech on the CLG website click here.

The guide, commissioned and published by the Department of Communities and Local Government, is part of a series of empowerment toolkits to be published over the next few months. It draws together the rationale for developing a charter, simple steps to implementing a charter, a troubleshooting guide and plenty of case studies. To download the guide click here

Young Foundation work on charters
The Young Foundation’s work on charters is based on good practice examples from around the country and builds on our work in neighbourhoods with different local authorities through the Neighbourhood Action Network and its predecessor, Transforming Neighbourhoods.

More information on charters
For more information on the guide and our work on charters please contact Vicki Savage 020 8709 9298 vicki.savage@youngfoundation.org

See also:
New Start – Learning Curve: How to develop a charter - article by Vicki Savage. To read the full article click here. 

New Start article on charters - to read the article click here. 

Transforming Neighbourhoods - Encouraging behaviour change and civic responsibility in Staffordshire (Article by Anna Minton, September 2007)

Local charters and neighbourhood working – A conference by LGiU