The Together for Children partnership was formed to bring together national expertise in children's services and programme management.

Each of the partner organisations has specific areas of expertise and togther they form a strong and dynamic team with an unrivalled national profile and a strong focus on support and delivery.

Serco is one of the leading private sector partners operating within the education and children's services sectors. It is committed to supporting the provision of quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all learners and their communities through the provision of leadership advice, support and technology in the UK and overseas. Serco provides technology, leadership and advice to over 500 schools and eight local authorities in the UK and, in partnership, runs education services within two local authorities. For further information, please visit www.serco.com.

4Children is the national charity dedicated to creating opportunities and building futures for all children. 4Children aspires to ensure that all children, young people and families have access to a creative, safe and child focused environment and activities. 4Children provides an information line for parents and childcare professionals with advice and support on all aspects of childcare, including details of out of school clubs. For further information, please visit www.4Children.org.uk.

ContinYou is one of the UK’s leading community learning charities which uses learning to tackle inequality and build social inclusion. It provides services and resources to support professionals in the fields of life long learning, schools, family learning, young people and health. Its Extended Schools Support Service currently works in partnership with 4Children and TDA Development (formerly the National Remodelling Team) to help meet the government’s target of all schools having the core extended offer by 2010. For further information, please visit www.continyou.org.uk.

PA Consulting Group is a leading management, systems and technology consulting firm. PA draws on the knowledge and experience of its people, whose skills extend from the initial generation of ideas, insights and solutions all the way through to detailed implementation. For almost 60 years, PA’s Government Services Group has provided practical support to governments around the world in developing and improving public services locally and nationally. PA’s government consulting expertise covers a wide range of services including policy implementation, rapid improvements in service performance and designing and managing complex, large scale programmes so that they deliver their designed benefits on time and to budget. For further information, please visit www.paconsulting.com



 
 
 
 

If you would like to find out further information about Together for Children's children's centres work please go to
www.childrens-centres.org or call us on 0870 990 8945.

How we can help

Working in partnership itself, Together for Children can support local authorities, their partners, government bodies and other organisations in meeting their strategic objectives through:

• The design, delivery and development of effective services through partnership

• Securing sustainable and measurable improvements in service outcomes

• Organisational and cultural change management to deliver real integration

• Capacity building by sharing and replicating best practice

We can support organisations with high-performing, well-integrated services for children, as well as those at different stages in their improvement and reconfiguration journeys.