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Profiles

On this page you will find out what others have done to join up their activities under the headings: Joined Up Planning, Joined Up Service Delivery, Joined Up Communication, Joined Up Information, Joined Up Budgets, Joined Up Organisational Development and Staffing and Joined Up Working – Other Examples

Joined Up Planning

Safe Ayr

A multi-agency initiative which aims to make Ayr town centre an even safer and more attractive place to go out at night – particularly at the weekend

HOME Argyll

A partnership between four housing associations and the local authority. It aims to make it easier for people to find affordable housing in Argyll and Bute.

North Lanarkshire Health Project

An example of joint working in the health field. This has been successful and rolled out to joint working in other areas.

Locality Planning in West Lothian

All community planning partners have worked together with communities to develop a series of local plans for public and voluntary services.

Glasgow Fort Partnership

Find out why this partnership thought that joined up working was critical to its success.

HELP Project

Introducing a Partnership Group to drive the direction of a small advice organisation has really helped to improve the way it works.

Shelter

A partnership approach to homelessness.

Joined Up For Jobs

A joined up strategy in Edinburgh for helping people back into work.

Neighbourhood Management

South Lanarkshire’s approach to bringing the community and public sector agencies together to plan regeneration activity.

Joined Up Service Delivery

The Hub, Glasgow

An example of a ‘one stop shop’ for housing, employment, childcare and much more..!

UnderCOVER

A one stop shop for community organisations and volunteers.

Auchmountain Community Resource Centre

A one stop community facility involving a range of voluntary organisations.

Safer Homes Initiative

A multi agency approach that creates opportunities for unemployed people in North Lanarkshire.

Jura Progressive Care Partnership

An innovative approach to providing care for older people. All care providers are working together to support clients to live independently.

Dalmellington Area Centre

An exciting development of a ‘one stop shop’ for public sector services in an isolated area of East Ayrshire.

Joint Commissioning of Interpretation and Translation Services

A partnership approach to developing sustainable interpretation and translation services in Highland.

Joined Up Information

Fife Tracking Study

Find out how community planning partners in Fife have come together to measure the impact of their activities on health and wellbeing.

Crime and Disorder Partnership in Middlesbrough

Community safety partners have worked together at a strategic and operational level to improve the information they hold, and share it between partners on a regular basis.

CLD – A Joint Equalities Monitoring Framework

Find out how community learning and development organisations in Glasgow developed a single shared way of monitoring equalities information.

Community Knowledge Centre

A centre in Govan which supports all local community groups to use statistics and research in their work.

Joined Up Communication

Teignbridge Safety Audit – This partnership worked to communicate safety messages to local people in a joined up way. It used a joint website, peer educators and community mediation.

Solihall Active: Tackling the Couch Potato Culture! – The Council, NHS and Sports Partnership worked together with local sports groups to encourage people to be more active.

Joined Up Budgets

Pooled budgets across local authority areas – An innovative approach used by a group of local authority areas in England, to join up community safety budgets across a whole region.

Pooled Childcare Budgets – Have a look at four very well written, detailed examples of joined up budgets in childcare. They include key learning points and advice for others.

Adult Care Services in Hertfordshire

The NHS Trust and Council have pooled their budgets for adult care, and set up a Joint Commissioning Board.

Joined Up Organisational Development and Staffing

Joined up services for older people – In Angus, Social Work and the NHS Trust have set up joint teams including staff from both organisations, but managed by Social Work as the lead agency.

Glasgow Community and Safety Services

A new organisation set up to co-ordinate Glasgow’s response to crime, antisocial behaviour and community safety.

Joined Up Working – Other Examples

Bank of case studies on joined up working in health and social care

Case studies on different elements of joined up working in urban regeneration

Examples of local authorities in England working with others