Organisations across the Wakefield District have signed up to an agreement that will provide a stronger basis for partnership working and help deliver the Fast Forward Community Strategy.

The first Wakefield District Compact sets out a common set of principles binding the way organisations in the statutory, voluntary and community sectors work together. The compact signed in a ceremony at Wakefield College on 21 January is endorsed and supported by the Wakefield District Partnership.

The compact recognises the important contribution all the organisations in the District Partnership can make to delivering on these priorities by working together and delivering effective services.

The compact recognises that by working together we can deliver more than by working individually and to do this we need to look at who is best placed to deliver each of the actions we want to undertake.

The Compact will be used as the starting point to deliver more detailed agreements between different agencies and organisations. It will be regularly reviewed and revised to ensure it is working. The organisations signing up to the compact include Wakefield Council, the District's Primary Care Trusts, the Police, the Probation Service, Wakefield College and organisations representing voluntary and community groups and charities.