When deciding to ‘partner,’ it is important to have mutual understanding of the sort of relationship you are trying to develop together. The ‘relationship spectrum’ sets out a continuum of relationships from ‘transactional’ to a genuine ‘partnership’. Download the tool

Monitoring the health and therefore the efficiency of the partnership’s setup, operation and processes is as important as monitoring its achievements. This tool sets out indicators of partnership “good health”, together with a suggested approach for the partnership to collectively undertake a review workshop. Download the tool

The ideal partnering agreement is designed to capture an agreed collaboration that has been co-created (not imposed by one or other partner). This tool can be used to rate a partnering agreement to ensure it contains all the essential elements to set your partnership up for success. Download the tool

Use this tool early in the scoping phase to identify the organisations and individuals to be engaged with/ taken account of by a potential partnership project. The stakeholder mapping exercise provides a systematic approach to identifying all interested / interesting parties and begins to help to distinguish the roles each of these might take in relation […]

This diagram illustrates the journey typically taken to build an effective collaboration: a central journey for the partnership as a whole, and individual journeys for each of the partners. In the central journey, the vision, mission, objectives, activities and roles and responsibilities of the  partnership gradually become more and more specific and clear. Download the […]