The Partnership Award
Community organisations are often encouraged to work together. This award recognises excellence in partnership working and celebrates leadership in the sector.

This award will be decided by a judging panel.

The winner will be announced at the Voscurs Awards Ceremony on Thursday 31 January 2019. Click here for more information and to book your place.

Bristol Sexual Violence Forum | Bristol Youth Partnership | Change the Seen | JumpStart Food and Fitness CIC | Knowle West Alliance | Tackling Islamophobia Working Group | Tusko | The Bristol Sexual Violence Support Consortium

Bristol Sexual Violence Forum
Which organisations are part of the partnership:
The Bristol Sexual Violence Forum is a pioneering initiative to keep people at the highest risk of sexual violence safer. The people reviewed by the Bristol Sexual Violence Forum are often hidden from mainstream services and labelled 'hard-to-reach'. We know that services need to work harder to reach them due to the trauma they've faced and the risks they experience.

An unfunded voluntary group, it's bringing around 25 charity, statutory and clinical organisations together each month:
Agenda, Avon and Somerset Police, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Barnados Against Sexual Exploitation,
Bristol City Council, Bristol Drugs Project, Beloved, Compass Health Centre, Crisis Centre Ministries, Golden Key, I.SAVVIE (supporting internet sex workers), Missing Link, Nelson House, One25, Pause Bristol, Safe Link, BCC Safeguarding Adults Team, Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Service, St Mungo's, Terrence Higgins Trust, University Hospitals Bristol, Unseen, Womankind.

Please describe how working together has resulted in greater impact for people, place or communities:
Since it started, the BSVF has considered the protections needed for 21 people to keep them safe. We've built trust and mutual understanding of what each service offers and more importantly the needs of the people at risk. Work triggered by the BSVF has found women who were missing, provided evidence to secure safe accommodation for people, and worked together across Bristol to move 11 people's risk level down.

By sharing simple information such as "they were sleeping in a tent here last week", "her partner will be released from prison next week", "they collect prescriptions from here", "she's made contact with her family so her trafficking risk is reduced". Together we're understanding the risks they face, and uniting behind shared actions for how we as a city can keep them safer. We also share best practice, such as effective responses to modern slavery victims.

Bristol Youth Partnership
Which organisations are part of the partnership:
Horn Youth Concern, Juicy Blitz, Babassa, ACE, Empire Fighting Chance, Young Bristol, Youth Moves, Bristol Drugs Project, Creative Youth Network. The partnership works across the whole of Bristol.

Please describe how working together has resulted in greater impact for people, place or communities:
Youth services were cut by 30% between 2017/18.  Despite this the partnership have maintained the number of open access sessions across the city and the number of young people supported on a 1-2-1 and small group basis.  The partnership has been better able to use resources efficiently and reaches more young people more quickly than before meaning more time is spent on supporting young people.  The partnership is also better able to spot and respond to emerging issues quickly.  The partnership responded to growing gang issues over the summer of 2018 (when the problem was identified) with a range of activities and intervention and is now developing a longer term strategy to tackle the problem.  Of the 1200 young people engaged in the first 5 months of the contract 82% have achieved a measurable outcome and a number have achieved significant outcomes such as employment, improved school attendance and improved mental health.


Change the Seen
Which organisations are part of the partnership:
Many Minds (Mental health and performance charity), 1625 Independent People, Cardboard Citizens, Wyldwood Arts, Aglow Film and Rife Magazine.

Please describe how working together has resulted in greater impact for people, place or communities:
The young people on the project describe the project as ""life changing"". They not only gained new skills and experience and confidence but they built up new positive connections and friendships. 100% of participants said it improved their mental wellbeing and many have gone on to engage in further training, education and employment.
Here are some stories from participants about the partnership:
Through connections of the partnership, we were able to attract an audience of young people with similar experiences as well as many professionals and decision makers in the homelessness and mental health fields. 80% of audiences said the piece made them think or act differently and that hearing those voices was very powerful in helping them understand more about the situations that young people find themselves in.


JumpStart Food and Fitness CIC
Which organisations are part of the partnership:
JumpStart Food and Fitness CIC, Wicketz Community Cricket, Wellspring Healthy Living Centre and Fareshare.

Please describe how working together has resulted in greater impact for people, place or communities:
Each week girls and boys from different communities came together to Wellspring to run, jump, dance and get fit to music, staying on for cricket coaching - a group size typical of one that had been running for two years, not six weeks. We then expanded to cooking lessons every 2-3 weeks in the Wellspring teaching kitchen using food from Fareshare then sitting and eating together, exploring new tastes and textures - eating foods their mums told us they'd never have tried at home!
Inspired by this, one of the mums has galvanised other local mums and organisations in her community to start a holiday and weekly after-school club of their own - for all Barton Hill families.
The confidence she has gained, has inspired others around her. Samira has big dreams for herself and then mums in her area. We're so proud of her.

Knowle West Alliance
Which organisations are part of the partnership:
Knowle West Health Park Company, The Park Centre, Knowle West Media Centre, Re:Work and Filwood Community Centre.

Please describe how working together has resulted in greater impact for people, place or communities:
This is a new partnership beginning to collaborate together. We have put together a draft partnership document that shows our aspiration to build on the past work and to design a future that involves resident, business and organisation forums working together to reimagine a community fit for purpose both locally and across Bristol.
We have been awarded funding by Quartet and Bristol City Council and have employed a Community Development worker to grow a residents forum and support new, community led activities.
We recognise that there is a need for local organisations to work where gaps appear with the loss of services, money for this is limited or at times non-existent. Together we have been able to bring in finance for the development worker, share resources, raise the profile of resident led activities, work with key local residents and we have begun community conversations around issues that impact them.


Tackling Islamophobia Working Group
Which organisations are part of the partnership:
SARI, Bristol City Council, Council of Bristol Mosques, BMCS and individual members.

Please describe how working together has resulted in greater impact for people, place or communities:
The aim of the group is to increase the safety of the Muslim community and to reduce Hate  Crime being committed against them. The media has a big role to play in reducing hate crimes by reporting sensitively and responsibly. The aim of working together is also to continue to break down barriers and perceptions of citizens of the Muslim community. The group also works to raise awareness of the hate crime being committed. The group has been working together to reduce the impact of incidents of hate crime on the Muslim community and will continue to work together to break down barriers and unfounded stereotypes.


Tusko

Which organisations are part of the partnership:
Bristol 24/7, Marmalade Trust, Hugg, Work brands and Tusko.

Please describe how working together has resulted in greater impact for people, place or communities:
Tusko very kindly offered to support us on our Christmas #notalone campaign.  They engaged other businesses, developed work streams and delegated tasks.  This campaign is having a huge impact on Bristol, as it is highlighting people to the fact that loneliness can be particularly tough at Christmas.  The impact of the video is far reaching, as it is frequently shared, encouraging people to think about connection during the winter.
The Bristol Sexual Violence Support Consortium
Which organisations are part of the partnership:
Womankind, SARSAS, The Green House and Barnardos.

Please describe how working together has resulted in greater impact for people, place or communities:
The initial contract that we were awarded has evolved into a strategic alliance, and we have leveraged our pooled-resources and reputations to access new funding opportunities we would not have otherwise been eligible for. This has included funds for the innovation and development of our consortium, leading to a shared theory of change and a comprehensive sexual violence needs assessment. Both of these exercises have not only been useful for our own understanding, but also for commissioners, funders, and other agencies across Bristol and our wider sector.
We firmly believe that our consortium has also delivered a greater impact for survivors of sexual abuse across Bristol, and we will continue to build on this in the years to come. For example, our staff are more informed to signpost survivors to different services and our beneficiaries are better able to navigate and decide what the right support would be for themselves.

Further information about each nominee that was provided at the nomination stage will be shared with the judging panel.

This award will be decided by a judging panel.

The winner will be announced at the Voscurs Awards Ceremony on Thursday 31 January 2019. Click here for more information and to book your place.

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