About ONE Haverhill Partnership
ONE Haverhill Partnership is an independent partnership that brings organisations and resources together to make them more effective and efficient in the town – providing ONE voice for Haverhill.
Members of the board include all three tiers of local government, the business sector, education, police, health, voluntary sector, Havebury Housing, Abbeycroft Leisure, education and the faith communities, all with one aim – improving the quality of life for people in Haverhill.
The story so far…
In 2011, Haverhill was chosen to be one of 12 pilots for the Government’s new neighbourhood community budget programme with the aim of ONE Haverhill Partnership enabling organisations to communicate and work together.
The Haverhill Community Budget set out to achieve change for the town initially in two areas – better opportunities for our young people and improving the physical environment in the town, all priorities decided on by extensive community engagement with local residents in Summer 2013.
The success of apprenticeships
In September 2013, ONE Haverhill Partnership unveiled plans for a unique youth project for the town which was been made possible by the collaboration between local authorities, business, education and other partners.
What started as a reasonably modest aim of creating an additional 10 apprenticeship posts in the town in the first year developed into a plan to open a ‘One Stop Shop’ for the young people of Haverhill incorporating career development, youth leisure activities and access to youth services.
This was been made possible by the collaborative nature of ONE Haverhill Partnership, working with Job Centre Plus, West Suffolk College, Suffolk County Council, Haverhill Town Council and St Edmundsbury Borough Council.
A Youth Skills Manager has been in post since autumn 2013 and is responsible for pioneering a business and education partnership to create more apprenticeships, traineeships, work experience placements, mentoring and other workplace training in the town.
Read more about our work with apprentices and the Apprenticeship Awards.
Our key priorities
In the last few years, ONE Haverhill Partnership has outlined a number of key priorities. Within all of these priorities, our overriding aim is to drive change to improve the lives of those who live, work and visit Haverhill.
Delivery of ONE Haverhill Partnership’s work is delegated to five main task groups:
- Health and Wellbeing
- Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour
- Education, Training and Employment
- Volunteering
- Haverhill Science Festival
Each of these task groups have highlighted aims, aspirations and initiatives which they will be focusing on over the next three years, as outlined in the ONE Haverhill Partnership Business Plan, covering the period 2020-2023.