Quotes from the Year
"Small amounts of money have unlocked an amazing amount of enthusiasm and commitment for new activities"
"We have been inspired about the potential of the changed ways of working"
"I have been enormously encouraged by the quality of this Partnership's activity"
Government Office monitoring visit
"A very impressive attempt to really produce change in manageable ways"
visitor from a national agency
"If it wasn't for the Core Skills Partnership we wouldn't have got this far in a short time"
senior manager in Birmingham
"Significant examples of discernible links between LEA priorities, plans and resources"
External Evaluation
"A particularly innovative example of the use of regeneration funding"
"There has been a very strong emphasis on getting better outcomes from existing activity, especially within mainstream agencies"
"Management and administrative processes have been efficient and cost effective"
"DfEE should explore the Birmingham Core Skills Partnership approach and strategy. This, and other SRB projects, may serve as models which could be widely replicated"
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