Partnerships between services and the community are a very big part of successfully working to improve the health and wellbeing of our communities. Successful partnerships strengthen project outcomes and assist services to broaden their reach, engage more community members and team up with other service providers helping to achieve shared goals.
Community Partnerships achieve greater outcomes by sharing expertise, skills and resources.
Benefits include:
- Community driven projects that are based on local experience and knowledge
- Increased community ownership and reach
- More effective service delivery
- More efficient resourcing
- Policy development at organisational or community levels
- Social and community development aimed at strengthening community action.