Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council, Nottingham City Council, and Nottinghamshire County Councils are upper tier local authorities in the East Midlands region bring a local authority perspective, connecting youth-led interventions with local SEND priorities, services and opportunities.
Fylde Coast Academy Trust leads the Compass Curriculum and brings a schools perspective, supporting the development of careers-focused activity for school-age young people at risk of becoming NEET.
Walsall FC Foundation brings the reach of Walsall Football Club’s charitable arm and experience of working with local communities. Its role helps the partnership engage young people and employers through trusted local relationships and community-based activity.
Walsall4All brings experience of inclusion, community cohesion and place-based work in Walsall. Its role supports the partnership to understand and address structural barriers affecting young people’s access to employment opportunities.
IQRA Supplementary School & Youth Provision brings links with young people and families in Walsall’s Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities. Its role helps the partnership connect with young people’s experiences and support activity that challenges barriers to employment.
Saalik Youth Project brings direct experience of working with young people in Sheffield. Its role supports youth engagement and helps young people share their experiences of apprenticeships, employment pathways and the barriers they face.
KCOM and Balfour Beatty bring employer perspectives to the partnership. Their role helps test employer training shaped by Recruitables and supports learning about how workplaces can recruit, support and retain care-experienced young people.
Hull College brings an education perspective to the Hull partnership. Its role helps connect the work with the transition between education and employment for care-experienced young people.
EMCCA is the lead partner, convening the regional system and connecting the work with wider ambitions for more inclusive employment opportunities across the East Midlands.
Daneshouse Community Partnership brings trusted community connections with South Asian communities in Burnley. Its role helps the partnership reach young people and families who may face barriers to support, and strengthen more inclusive access to education, employment or training opportunities.
Business in the Community leads the Workplace Encounters activity and brings employer engagement expertise, helping the partnership connect with employers.
Blackpool Council leads the partnership’s post-16 Tiers of Support activity and hosts the Youth Advisor team. It brings local authority insight and influence, helping connect the partnership’s work with wider local priorities, services, and decision-making.
