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Enhancing Partnerships in the Third Sector for Skills Development

This guide outlines effective collaboration strategies for smaller organizations in the Third Sector seeking access to funding for learning and skills development. It highlights the importance of partnerships and consortia to leverage available resources, while ensuring accountability and due diligence. Practical insights include understanding the needs of main contractors, the significance of track records, and strategies to reassure partners about quality and administrative standards. The guide emphasizes a holistic, supportive approach to maximize benefits for learners, with useful links to resources and next steps for progress.

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Enhancing Partnerships in the Third Sector for Skills Development

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  1. Collaborating for Success Welcome

  2. Setting the scene Tim Ward Learning Curve

  3. Context • No direct access to funding for learning & skills for smaller organisations • Partnership/Consortium working encouraged

  4. SFA on subcontracting • Main contractor is responsible and accountable • No formal standards to regulate relations • Expect 85% of funding to be passed on • Due diligence & monitoring

  5. What we can offer • Access to vulnerable/excluded • Holistic approach • Supportive/familiar/non-institutional • Learning Programmes • Voice/channel of communication • Support/expertise

  6. Things for Third Sector to consider • What can you do? – Capabilities • What does the main contractor need? • Understand their concerns • What have you done? – Track Record & Reputation • How can you reassure?- Systems, processes, staff qualifications etc

  7. Things for main contractor to consider • How can the subcontractor extend/enhance your offer? • Eg: Are there unheard voices that third sector can reach? • How can I be assured about quality, achievement and good administration? • What support does the subcontractor partner need? • How can the relationship be developed to maximise benefit to learners?

  8. Good practice • Transparent selection & funding process • Relationship of trust & cooperation • Written agreement, good communications, timely payments • Using strengths of partners • Share good practice between partners • Share staff training & quality improvement • Relationship strategic not contingent

  9. Where we would like to be

  10. Useful links • SFA (see latest publications page) http://skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk • SFA Bravo website https://skillsfundingagency.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml • YPLA http://www.ypla.gov.uk • Learning & Skills Improvement Servicehttp://www.lsis.org.ukSubcontracting toolkithttp://www.lsect.co.uk/toolkit.asp • FE Week http://www.feweek.co.uk • TSNLAwww.tsnla.org.uk • CLESP http://www.southwestforum.org.uk/clesp • Learning Curvewww.learningcurve.org.uk

  11. Next Steps • Website • Guides • National AOC/TSNLA discussions • How can we progress this in SW?

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