Progress through Partnership

Progress through Partnership (PtP) exists to build the capacity of partnerships in the south east. The programme offers responsive and flexible resources to provide targeted support to partnerships.
What did we set out to achieve?
- Greater awareness and understanding among officers, partners and members of partnership issues and the benefits of partnership working
- Increased capacity of partnernship practitioners and partners
- Reduced gap in capacity, skills and effectiveness between highest and lowest performing partnerships
- Strengthened partnernship governance
- Effective performance and risk management systems in place in all partnerships in the region
- Increased effective collaboration across partnerships in two-tier areas
- Improved involvement and engagement of elected member and non-council partners in LAAs
What have we achieved so far?
Independent evaluation of the PtP programme identified following benefits:
- Stronger relationships within and between partnerships
- Improved relationships between elected members and partnerships
- Raised awareness of the role of and challenges faced by partnerships
- An increase in capacity to deal with current and future challenges facing partnerships
- Improved awareness and understanding of capacity and development needs
- Increased engagement by partnerships in capacity building activities
64 of the 74 LSPs in the region (86%) completed a self-assessment in 2008 showing a shift of focus from process to delivery compared to the previous year. A further self-assessment is scheduled for Autumn 2009
Over £500,000 of funding has been drawn down by LSPs in the region for bespoke development activities based on their self-assessments. A comparison of work carried out so far by LSPs in 2007 and 2008/9 is available here.
How can your council get involved?
Completing a self assessment helps your LSP understand its development needs and allows access to financial support from PtP.
Arranging specific support for development activities or LAA delivery enables you to access PtPs menu of support offers
PtP provides a named Area Lead for each partnership in the south east providing a first port-of-call for your partnership and ongoing dedicated support and advice.
To find out what support is available from our menu of targeted support or to enquire about your specific needs, please email janine@seemp.co.uk
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