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Active Partners
Active Partners: Benchmarking Community Participation in Regeneration is a tool to help partnerships evaluate progress towards genuine community involvement and ensure that the benefits of their work get to the people who need them most. Available for download.
Business Impact
Information resource to help companies develop as good corporate citizens whilst improving their business performance. Relevant to various forms of partnerships with the public sector. (Department for Trade and Industry-supported)
Compact Development
Site devoted to the development of Compacts to improve relations between government and the voluntary sector. Relevant documents include "Local Compact Guidelines ", "Towards a Common Cause - A Compact for Care" , Guidance on partnership working and contracting for partnership based programmes (NCVO)
Five Vital Lessons: Successful Partnership with Business'
Guide for public agencies wishing to engage better with the private sector in economic development, area regeneration and lifelong learning. Includes tools for engaging business and improving partnership performance and case studies. (Department for Education and Skills)
Innovation through Partnership
Features case studies and a 'Partnerships Scorecard' to help business-community partnerships assess strengths and weaknesses, learn from experience elsewhere, and inspire novel approaches. (Department for Trade and Industry -supported)
Listen Up
Listen Up: Effective Community Consultation provides guidance on what is consultation and why do it? what to consult on, when to consult, etc (Audit Commission)
Partnerships with People
Guide to help organisations bring the best out of their people, based on the premise that the most powerful resource for change and improved performance is the people who already work for the organisation. Also relevant to partnerships. Available in interactive and downloadable formats. (Department for Trade and Industry)
Working Together, Learning Together
Training programme to support all the partners involved in Social Inclusion Partnerships and Working for Communities Pathfinders. Involves training modules bringing together partners across public, private and community sectors. (Scottish Executive)
Our Partnership
E-learning for partnership working, aimed especially at the voluntary sector.

 


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1) Making the Most of Partnership Working
2) Partnership Health Check
3) Digging Deeper - Finding Answers
4) Developing Skills for Partnership Working
5) Resources
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