Getting Your Service Commissioned

Local Area Agreement Toolkit
Working Together for Advice, 2009
A toolkit designed to help advice agencies influence and inform Local Area Agreements and the services that are commissioned as a result.

Getting Your Advice Service Ready for Commissioning
Youth Access, 2008.
A briefing written for YIACS setting out what you need to think about in order to put your youth advice service in a better position to thrive under commissioning arrangements and pointing you to other useful resources.

Commissioning Counselling Services for Young People: a Guide for Commissioners
By Dr. Cathy Street, Youth Access 2007Aimed at assisting commissioners with how to commission counselling services for young people. Pass this guide on to your local funders! Dr. Cathy Street, Youth Access, 2007.

Commissioning Young People's Counselling Services in YIACS: a Toolkit for Managers and Fundraisers of Services
By Catherine Wilson. Youth Access 2007Aimed at equipping YIACS with evidence and information to demonstrate to Children’s Trusts and Health commissioners the contribution YIACS can make to local, national needs and targets. Author Catherine Wilson, Youth Access, 2007

A Contribution to Integrated Youth Support Services
Dorset Voluntary Sector Young People’s Information & Advice Centres, August 2009
A report by a county-wide network of Youth Access members that may provide a useful framework for other YIACS to use when explaining your services to funders.
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