Partners

Partnership is our approach. Because we work in community venues, we are experienced in creating new support partnerships everywhere we go. We work with local organisations like children’s centres, employment support programmes, family information services, jobcentre plus, local authorities, prime contractors, sub contractors and training providers to deliver services for parents who want to get back to work.

We offer a tried and tested, replicable, programme, provided in a local venue.And our evaluations show that people who have attended a Take three days programme are more willing and able to use other employment services.

Projects

	Flexible New Deal We are working as specialist providers in five of the fND1 areas, taking in London, West and East Midlands, and Yorkshire. Our partners are A4e, Fourstar, Future skills Dudley, Remploy and Serco. We are in the process of developing new relationships to deliver for parents in fND2.
	Child Poverty Pilot We are working with the LB Hammersmith and Fulham on their Family Solutions Pilot, and the LB Islington on Working with Parents. Both are using Take three days as an engagement programme. In each are Staff have been trained to deliver the sessions.
	Remploy We are working with Remploy staff in Birmingham and London to support parents get back to work.
	London Projects We have successfully completed three short-term programmes in London covering LB Newham, LB Tower Hamlets and LB Islington. All three involved working with staff and engaging parents.  We are currently working with LB Camden on a project to support parents of disabled children.
	London Development Agency and Greater London Enterprise Seven specialist advisers have been trained to deliver Take three days in support of the Childcare Affordability Programme. Over the Spring and Summer of 2008 the programme was rolled out across the Olympic Boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Waltham Forrest and Greenwich, and in the west of London: Ealing, Harrow, and Hammersmith and Fulham
	Croydon 2008 A neighbourhood renewal funded programme, working in partnership with Jobcentre Plus with four programmes being delivered in 2008, specifically to support lone parents
	East Midlands 2007 – 2009 in partnership with Jobcentre Plus, Programmes have been delivered in the Cobden Childrem's Centre in Loughborough and the Smart Start Saffron Children's Centre in Leicester. Local Employers played an important role in advising parents about interviews and work. Southwark 2007 through an innovative partnership between Jobcentre Plus and LB Southwark, a pilot was delivered at the Bishop's house Children's Centre in Autumn 2007.
	Tower Hamlets a pilot was delivered at the Lincoln and Burdett Children's Centre in partnership with their parent's Job club in the Autumn of 2007.

Organisations we work with include
A4e
CEA@Islington
Croydon Neighbourhood Renewal
Family Information Services
FourstaR Employment and Skills
EC1 New Deal for Communities
Greater London Enterprise
Jobcentre Plus
London Development Agency
LB Camden
LB Croydon
LB Ealing
LB Hammersmith & Fulham
LB Islington
LB Newham
LB Southwark
LB Tower Hamlets
Remploy
Skillsmatch, Tower Hamlets
Southwark Children's Services
Workplace, Newham