How do you know you are working closely in partnerships with other organisations to acheve common goals?
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Work with local partners to identify gaps in the provision of services to local people and seek to fill those gaps where appropriate
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Hold regular meetings with Scottish Governing Body staff, local Active School Coordinators and/or Community Sport Hub Officers with a focus on collaborating to provide activities for pupils who don't currently take part
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Engage with local community representation groups such as a Community Sports Hubs, community council, residents association or youth work umbrella group
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Can describe how the outcomes they want to achieve compare with the outcomes that partner organisations want to achieve
Tools & activities
- Top 10 tips on partnerships
- Types of Partnerships - explore the nature of different types of partnerships
- Creating and managing partnerships - Community Toolbox
- School club links guide – from Scottish Athletics
- Primary school partnership check & challenge tool – Child protection in sport unit, NSPCC
Learn from others
- Cultivating collaboration; don't be so defensive – a TEDtalk by Jim Tamm
- Effective collaboration – youtube (2mins)
- Good teamwork, bad teamwork – youtube video (3mins)
- Get the basics right – with the Knowledge Biz
- Active schools in action – understand how the programme connects to the community
- Shooting for the stars - How one club used Clubs Open Doors Week as a platform to grow
- The next generation - Active Schools Aberdeenshire look to create participation opportunities
