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Partnership

Partnership is now integral to the way local authorities set and seek to achieve their ambitions. Through local strategic partnerships councils have developed community strategies with partners.

Shared information and consultation is enabling councils and their partners to reach a common understanding of local problems.

Partnership is an important means of building capacity and is fundamental to councils' approach to achieving each of the shared priorities. Strategic service delivery partnerships with other councils or with the private sector can help to improve efficiency of support services.

 
 
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council – Being ambitious
5 March 2009
Gateshead has a strong track record of sustaining and strengthening its performance under CPA. It maintained its position in the top two categories of CPA between 2002 and 2008.
New Forest and Test Valley District Councils - A new kind of partnership
16 May 2007
The partnership between New Forest and Test Valley was the first direct services partnership of its kind in local government.
London Borough of Sutton - Using tablet PCs in financial assessments
16 May 2007
The London Borough of Sutton completed a cross-cutting review of customer services in October 2002, in response to best value legislation. Unsurprisingly it started the Authority thinking about how ...
Wiltshire County Council - Working with communities in Wiltshire
16 May 2007
Local government reorganisation in 1996 saw Wiltshire County Council's responsibility for Swindon transferred to a new Swindon unitary authority. Discussions during the reorganisation raised ...
INTRAN - an example of a multi-agency run interpreting partnership
31 January 2007
INTRAN is a Norfolk multi-agency partnership. It is the largest interpreting partnership in the UK. It commissions specialist agencies to provide foreign language interpreters, British Sign Language ...
Salford City Council: Home working
24 October 2006
Salford City Council has introduced home working for benefits and revenues staff, resulting in a 29% reduction in sickness and a 15% increase in productivity.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council: Home working
24 October 2006
East Riding of Yorkshire Council introduced home working as one of a number of measures to help clear a backlog of work in 2000/01. As a result, it has made significant improvements in performance.
Bristol City Council - Outcomes framework for voluntary sector partnership
11 April 2006
Demonstrating a strong link between spending and priorities
Salford City Council - Ambitions
11 April 2006
Salford City Council has clear, challenging but realistic ambitions developed with its partners which are widely shared and owned.
Salford City Council - Regeneration
11 April 2006
Salford City Council is working well in partnership to deliver its regeneration agenda.
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