Partnership news - quick hits

Topics: quick links to partnership news in Staffordshire, Hammersmith & Fulham, Oldham, Bradford, Lewisham, Waltham Forest, Kirklees and Barking & Dagenham

It's a day at the races for Staffordshire Plus partnership.

More than 150 senior decision makers from across local government descended on Uttoxeter Racecourse recently. However, their aim was not to fleece the bookmakers but to get the starting price on the nation’s largest public service improvement partnership. Boasting 13 organisations, Staffordshire Plus has secured £850,000 in Government funding to bolster the ability of its partners to deliver first-rate services.

Hammersmith and Fulham agencies join forces to beat crime and local businesses pay (willingly)

A partnership has been hailed for working to cut crime in Hammersmith & Fulham. The Hammersmith & Fulham Partnership Against Crime (HAFPAC) is an independent charity set up to help the police and council prevent crime in the borough. The idea is simple, local business club together to fund initiatives that support crime reduction in the borough.

Private sector backs investment/regneration schemes in four deprived areas of Oldham, Bradfrod, Lewisham and Waltham Forest.

Phil Woolas [Local Government Minister] said: "The project demonstrates the Government's belief that the private sector plays a key role in regenerating our areas that have historically suffered from a lack of investment. Government cannot solve all the problems on its own but by working with the private sector and local government we can now work with communities to achieve real and lasting improvements.

Kirklees Community Safety Partnership goes high-tech in anti-crime vigillance.

Perpetrators of anti-social behaviour face being caught with new technology that aims to make the Kirklees district a safer place to live and work. Launched by Kirklees Safer Communities Partnership, The Partnership Surveillance Service has the latest audio and visual covert and overt equipment to enable the Kirklees Anti-Social Behaviour Unit to collect evidence that can be used in court proceedings against perpetrators

Barking & Dagenham focuses on ever-closer working relationships with its partners

Called Barking Dagenham Compact, the agreement aims to increase understanding,improve working relationships and extend co-operation between the Council, the PCT and the voluntary and community sector. It also sets out to improve the voluntary and community sector's capacity to provide relevant services to all communities and achieve high quality outputs, support initiatives to achieve Best Value in the provision of services by the Council and the PCT and enhance the effectiveness of the organisations meeting the needs of all the communities in the Borough.

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