Partnership Routemap
A Partnership Routemap is a guide to making the most of partnership in the community asset transfer process, drawing on the real experiences of those who have been involved in asset transfers over the last three years.
The guide is designed to complement the vast wealth of information already collected throughout the process of the Advancing Assets demonstration programme, rather than repeat or replicate. It draws on extensive research and interviews with case managers, Local Authority key players and staff and volunteers from the community (or Third Sector) partners in over twenty individual cases. This research with practitioners aimed to tease out what makes partnerships work in asset transfer, and how the partnerships affect the outcomes and the process. .
Comprising of ten sections, each focusing on one key influencer, this guide incorporates quotes and perspectives from the case manager, the Local Authority and the community partner. It also contains a few smaller ‘Vignettes’ to illustrate the issue drawn from other cases - some showing contexts, starting points or outcomes related to that same issue. Each section also has a top tip from a case manager and illustrates links with the Asset Support Map.
- Context
- Local Authority Approach to Asset Transfer
- Existing Relationships
- Partnership Building
- Shared Purpose
- Identifying a Suitable Asset
- Beyond Partnership Meetings
- Capacity
- Getting Down to Details
- Post-transfer Challenges and Catalysts for Partnership Working
Background
It is widely acknowledged that a strong partnership between the local authorities and the third sector organisations involved in the Advancing Assets programme will deliver better outcomes in community asset transfer. During the first and second rounds of the Advancing Assets programme the strength of the partnerships between the Local Authority and their third sector partners has been demonstrated as key to delivering successful community asset transfers.