Partnerships
NCB believes effective partnership working
within and between statutory, private and voluntary agencies is
fundamental to improving the lives of children and young
people.
Partnership with children and young people is
at the heart of everything we do, as well as working with those
who work on their behalf. This is realised in many ways
– by establishing special interest groups, bringing together
new partnerships, hosting existing and developing new agencies, as
well as sharing core services with other charities.
With nearly 30 fora, council, network and
partner programmes operating under our charitable status, we cover
issues ranging from play, youth justice to sex and relationship
education, and from early years, disability, children in care to
children living with HIV.
NCB offers our support services to
external agencies and voluntary organisations working with
children, young people and families wishing to improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of their operations.
We also work in partnership with
Children in Scotland,
Children in
Wales and the Safe Network.
NCB partnership working includes:
- Membership – NCB’s membership opens
up dialogue across its multi-agency network of children’s services
professionals.
- Partnership projects or
programmes – Working in partnership with other agencies
provides the ownership that is essential to influence policy-makers
and improve practice.
- Support
services – NCB provides core services within
a support service context to all staff in participating
organisations.
- Office
space – NCB rents office space to other charities
working in the Children’s sector.
- Fora, councils and networks
– NCB hosts a range of fora, councils and networks which are either
single issue or single client group bodies operating under our
charitable status. Each one is also answerable to the wider group
of organisations that makes up its specialist audience.