Partnership Working and Regional Networking
These pages contain documents on partnership working and networking, including guidance, model agreements and examples of successful regional networks of YIACS.
Youth Access resources:
Aide Memoir for YIACS to Assist the Development of Partnership Agreements (May 2002)
This resource was produced as the result of meeting of service managers looking at the issue of partnership working and offers a checklist of the areas services need to consider in drawing up agreements.
London Youth Advice Forum Terms of Reference and Principles (with Law Centres Federation, 2004)
Useful example for anyone trying to set up a local or regional forum.
National Counselling Advisory Group (NCAG) Terms of References and Principles (Youth Access National Counselling Advisory Group, 2005)
Useful example for anyone trying to set up a national advisory group/forum.
External Resources:
Working in Partnership: A Source Book (New Opportunities Fund)
Commissioned to encourage effective partnership working, it draws on good practice and academic research. Intended as a practical source of ideas and suggestions for new and existing partnerships.
Young People's Advice and Information Partnership and Strategy (Dorset Youth and Community Service, 2004)
Development plan for a county-wide youth advice partnership and strategy.
Bath Off The Record Partnership Agreement
A sample Partnership Agreement developed by Bath Off the Record.
Memorandum of Agreement for Managing Training Partnerships (2008)
An example of an agreement used to manage and deliver a training programme via three national partners.
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