Eastern area partnerships
This page details Eastern area partnerships. Please use the contact details below to find out further information about the partnership that you would like to join. Please note that you must complete a membership form and return it to the lead partner to become a member of a partnership.
Some partnerships will charge members a fee in order to access additional services. Where this is the case it is indicated below. Please inform us if you find that any information provided below is incorrect.
Please note: wdf partnerships must only be contacted about wdf funding. If you require any other information please contact info@skillsforcare.org.uk.
Name of Partnership - Bedford Training Consortium
Lead organisation - Bedford Borough Council
The partnership will support its members through the provision of relevant, high quality and progressive learning and development activities that aims to further enhance standards of care and provision within care organisations within the borough of Bedford. Support in the form of relevant information, advice and guidance of the latest social care issues and initiatives will be readily accessible from experienced care and workforce development professionals and continued access to Workforce Development Funding through Skills for Care will remain a key feature of the partnership's contribution to the sector.
Contact name - Jon Seth
Contact number - 01234 228 358
Contact email - jon.seth@bedford.gov.uk
Name of Partnership - Central Bedfordshire and Luton Training Partnership
Lead organisation - Luton Borough Council
Free Training Courses - Mandatory Courses and other Multi Agency Courses
Workforce Development Funding.
Regular updates from Skills for Care.
Quarterly newsletters.
Invitation to attend quarterly partnership meetings,with guest speakers and workshops.
Restrictions to joining partnership - partners must provide services for clients within the Central Bedfordshire and/or Luton boundaries.
Contact name - Fran Hill
Contact number - 01582 548306
Contact email - fran.hill@luton.gov.uk
Name of Partnership - Essex Care Training Partnership
Lead organisation - Essex Independent Care Association
ECTP offers an efficient and friendly service for the delivery of WDF funding across Essex, Southend and Thurrock. Social care employers are supported through the claims process to enable them to maximise on the funding available. ECTP welcomes new partners, including direct employers and adopts an inclusive approach.
Contact name - Maxine Spinks
Contact number - 01702 547144
Contact email - ectp@eica.org.uk
Name of Partnership - Hertfordshire Workforce Development Partnership
Lead organisation - Hertfordshire Care Provider Association (HCPA)
Members of the partnership will have fair access to Workforce Development Funding and will receive relevant help and support to enable them to access funding. Partners will automatically become a member of HCPA which is free of charge and benefits include - administration of training funding; Information, advice and guidance; participation in county wide Bed Bureau and will be able to become Enhanced Members and have access to enhanced benefits such as free access to information events; job advertising; SCILS Learning Resources - for a small annual fee. For more information please contact HCPA or visit the HCPA website: www.hcpa.info.
Restrictions to joining the partnership - membership is open to all providers of adult social care, delivering care to people in their own homes, in a residential, supported or a nursing setting or direct employers within Hertfordshire providing services to at least 50% of Hertfordshire residents.
Contact name - Jackie Taylor
Contact number - 01707 536020
Contact email - admin@hcpa.info
Name of Parternship - Norfolk & Suffolk Care Support Ltd
Lead organisation - Norfolk & Suffolk Care Support Ltd
We will submit claims on a first come, first served basis up to 250 units for each member. Through the Norfolk Care Brokerage we offer impartial information, advice and guidance to all care providers on training and funding.
Restrictions to joining the parternship - must have a Norfolk NMDS-SC registered address and sign a service level agreement.
Contact name - Lucinda Starling
Contact number -01263 823 232
Contact email - lucinda@n-scs.co.uk
Name of Partnership - Suffolk Brokerage
Lead organisation - Suffolk Brokerage
The Suffolk Brokerage offers access to Skills for Care and Suffolk County Council funding for training. Information, advice and guidance on all aspects of training in the sector and detailed workforce development planning if required. Partners will also receive regular information on funding and opportunities for training in Suffolk.
Contact name - Louise Whitley
Contact number - 01449 720 400
Contact email - louise.whitley@suffolkbrokerage.co.uk
Name of Partnership - The Cambridgeshire Care Training Partnership
Lead organisation - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Care Brokerage (CPCB)
Cambridge and Peterborough Care Brokerage (CPCB) at Cambridgeshire County Council CPCB offers information, advice and guidance to local social care employers around their training needs and the funding available to support these. We assist our partnership members in accessing Workforce Development Funding by providing guidance around the claims process, the evidence required to access funding and the eligibility criteria. We also communicate regularly with our partners via our website www.campetcare.org.uk and ebulletins around relevant workforce development information of a local and national nature.
Contact name - Ruth Heard
Contact number - 01223 699319
Contact email - ruth.heard@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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