Membership Form for VCSE (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise) Youth Partnership Membership

Salford CVS is working with The Salford Youth Partnership to engage the VCSE sector in the Youth Partnership.

To apply to be a member of the Salford Youth Partnership, please complete the form below and email your Safeguarding Policy to: Katrina.fletcher@salfordcvs.co.uk

How we will use your information

The information you have given on this form will be added to Salford CVS's database and shared with the Youth Partnership. Salford CVS complies fully with the Data Protection Action. Please ask if you'd like to see our Data Protection Policy.

Please submit the completed form along with your Safeguarding Policy to: Katrina.fletcher@salfordcvs.co.uk

We will review your application and notify you of the membership decision within 28 working days. If you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to contact us on 0161 787 7795 or Katrina.fletcher@salfordcvs.co.uk

Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the The Salford Youth Partnership. We look forward to the possibility of working together to support Young People in our communities.

Annex A

Salford Youth Partnership principles

Membership

Any organisations that work with young people or support the work of organisations that support young people can be members. All organisations must have a robust safeguarding policy* in place and any organisation delivering activities to young people must have all staff DBS checked.   

Shared purpose

The purpose of the partnership is to

• Achieve the successful delivery of a quality youth provision for the children and young people in the Neighbourhood of East Salford

• To make the best use of available resources, avoiding duplication of services and providing value for money. 

• To ensure local priorities are considered throughout the delivery of youth work within the locality.

• To bring together a number of partners to agree delivery of services that are most appropriate for the neighbourhood and fulfil local need.

Roles and responsibilities of the partnership

1. Partners, where possible will attend the bi-monthly partnership meetings  
2. Yearly meeting dates to be circulated by the Neighbourhood Team in good time.  
3. Partners will be accountable for delivering actions outlines in notes of the meeting that are circulated and will bring appropriate updates. 
4. Partners will be responsible for effectively communicating with each other. 
5. Partners  will respect each other.  
6. The partnership will be inclusive for new members. 
7. Partners will make an effort to being the voice of the child and young people to partnership meetings. 
8. Partners will support each other to develop quality services. 
9. Partners will where possible share best practise and learning from their evaluation of projects 
10. Partners, where requested, will review Devolved Budget applications at partnership meetings  and provide recommendations to the Devolved budget group. Subject to confidentiality. 
11. Partners will review this partnership agreement / principles annually. 
12. The meeting will take place on a bimonthly basis however meeting dates may be amended around school holiday periods.

Membership and Chairing

The meeting will be chaired by Salford City Council Youth Service or the Neighbourhood Manager although there may be occasions where other partners may be asked to assist with chairing the meeting. Notes from the meeting are taken by the Neighbourhood Management team and shared with attendees after meetings. 

Community Committees

Where community committees are taking place, an annual summary of the work of the task group will be shared with committee members. The Neighbourhood Management team will agree this update with attendees. This update could incorporate case studies from youth related schemes that have been funded via devolved budget.