Government policies have changed our strategic work from being locally focussed mainly through our LSP to now working within new county and regional strategies and priorities. We are still finding that there is a real lack of clarity for tendering and commissioning with existing and new statutory partners. We also have had far fewer opportunities to contribute to service discussions. Our Derbyshire Third Sector support organisation is a good voice for the sector but we wonder if we can maintain partnership working during the changes.

Is anyone else in a similar position..... and how is this affecting you, can we support each other more?