PARTNERSHIP OUTCOMES
P2 . Increased mutual trust for better future collaborative working
LOGOS
This funding was a lifeline . Our status is higher with other funders who value the security of a key funder like Gannochy and PKC . We now need external support to assist with the governance and future vision of the partnership . We need sustainable funding that lets us all build up and out from the core .”
At the end of three years of strategic universal youth work , there is a strong sense among partners that they have learned much from the project . They have exchanged ideas , visited each other and provided direct professional input where possible . Yet they have remained rooted and relevant to their communities and continue to strengthen the partnerships and connections which reach far beyond youth work .
Concrete examples of this are provided in the case studies which describe how the partners were able to run a summer programme in 2021 , against the background of lockdown restrictions .
The additional funds which supplement the universal youth work fund has also raised the reputation of all of the partners and resulted in new local recognition . For instance YMCA received investment from the Education Authority through the Pupil Equity Fund to work in three secondary schools .
Partnership meetings are now regularly attended by a representative from the Safer Communities Team . The partners provide street workers to address incidences of anti-social behaviour which occurred during the pandemic .
A visit by Tim Frew the Chief Executive of YouthLink Scotland led to the partnership being highlighted as an example of good practice at a national policy convention on ' A Right to Youth Work '. A film clip of the project was shown to 200 participants .
These examples convey that the work achieved over these three years is proving to be of national significance .
The fund has enhanced our status and the benefits and impact of youth work . For example schools take us more seriously , the council see the benefit we bring to the communities we work in and a major funders now recognise who we are and what we do ." KYTHE
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