About this Site
How to Use this Site
The Partners
ABC of Acronyms
Jargon Buster
Acknowledgements

How to use this site

We hope that you will find this to be a valuable resource that you can use again and again. There is no "right" or "wrong" way to make use of this site, but you may find it helpful to know a little more about the information contained here to guide you in its use.

Sefton Borough Partnership is responsible for developing the "vision" for the future of Sefton. There are eight "thematic subgroups" which report directly to the Borough Partnership. In turn, informing these subgroups are a number of strategic planning groups - for example, the Children & Young People's Strategic Partnership Board, or the Learning Disabilities Partnership Board. As you can imagine, planning services for children or for people with learning disabilities means taking a "cross-cutting" approach to the themes. As its working practices become more established, the Borough Partnership will become the central "hub" of a vast information network, sharing information between different planning groups and different communities within Sefton.

Searching the website

Key areas of work are identified for each group, along with a list of members, and (where appropriate) the special interests of those members.

You might want to know more about the services being developed to support older people with mental health problems. You can look within the index for the name of the planning group that addresses mental health issues and older people's issues.

Alternatively, you could look at the thematic index which identifies the groups that are working to support health and well-being, and from that identify the groups working to support older people's issues and mental health issues.

You should be able to identify which of the groups addresses the issue you want to know more about by reading the brief descriptions of their aims.

Where members of planning groups have identified a special interest, it may be possible for you to identify an individual contact person. Where special interests are not identified, you may be able to identify the "voluntary and community sector network participant" - these are the people representing the four key voluntary and community sector forums. The network participant may be able to help you - but, if not, they should be able to direct you to someone who can.

How can we help make the website even better?

We have made this website for you - if it isn't "user-friendly", or doesn't give you the information you want, then we need to know! Please complete the evaluation form to let us know what you think of the Pack.

We intend to update the Pack annually, but we need your help to do this.
Please use the amendment form to contact us if the details of your planning group have changed - or if you're a member of a group which you think should be included in a future version of the Pack.

It is important that you let us know quickly as possible about any changes we need to make. This information will be also available as a paper version. Although any changes to the paper version can only be made on an annual basis, changes to the web version of the Pack can be made almost overnight!

This Pack is a product of the good will of all the partners involved in making Sefton a better place to live work and do business.