Bob Janes, chair of Derbyshire EYDCP, has invited those interested in setting up a national partnerships' lobby group or forum to get in touch with him. The forum would be independent of the DfEE and act as a voice on partnership issues.
He said, 'Partnerships have found their feet, and are responsible for spending quite a lot of money. It's not unreasonable that they should have a voice that isn't dependent on the DfEE. I think there is a feeling of solidarity among partnerships.
'Partnerships might be better consulted about strategy. They might be asked before things are done. It's not the nature of the tasks that's the problem, it's the way we are being expected to do things without taking part in the decision-making.'
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