National
There are many decisions, strategies, policies and legislation which are made
at national level which impact upon the community waste sector.
As a community waste organisation or project operating within this sector,
it is important to be up-to-date with the ones that you need to be compliant
with, therefore this section provides links to information on strategic influences
at a national level which will impact operations at a local level.
Links
- Partnership in Public Services: an action plan for third sector involvement - to remove barriers to third sector organisations wishing to become involved in delivering and designing public services - information and link to downloadable .pdf of the report
- information about the Charities bill
- Progress in government funding for service delivery
- the compact between the Government and the Voluntary Sector
- Scottish national waste strategy
- the ChangeUp framework was developed in partnership with the sector and focuses on improving capacity building and infrastructure within the voluntary and community sector
- SEC provides a national platform for showcasing the benefits of social enterprise. It shares best practice and influence policy in order to create an enabling environment for social enterprise
- sets out the government's plan to enable people to engage with public bodies and influence the decisions that affect their communities.
- a Northern Ireland initiative from their Dept of Environment
