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Acknowledgements
Social Compass wishes to acknowledge the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership for supporting this project.
The development of this Toolkit has been informed by:
>> an extensive literature review that examined small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and their partnership
activities and initiatives both nationally and internationally;
>> interviews with, and feedback from, ten SMEs and their community organisation partners; and
>> a review of a number of ‘Partnership Toolkits’, most notably:
> The Partnering Toolbook, written by Ros Tennyson, International Business Leaders Forum;
> Partnerships: Making them Work, written by The Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership;
> Partnership Planner, written by Our Community; and
> Partnership Self-Assessment Toolkit, written by Anna Frearson, East Leeds Primary Care Trust.
In particular we would like to acknowledge, The Partnership Toolkit: Tools for Building and Sustaining Partnerships,
written by the Collaboration Roundtable. The content and ideas in this document were particularly informative.
Our greatest appreciation goes to the ten (case study) SMEs and their community organisation partners for the time,
cooperation and dedication to sharing their partnership experiences and collective wisdom.
Finally, we wish to thank all those that read and reviewed the draft Toolkit. The feedback received from the numerous
SME representatives and other individuals was invaluable and will ensure that this Toolkit has greater relevance and
applicability to the SME sector.
Jehan Loza, Director Research
John Prince, Director Evaluation
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