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Commissioning Support Programme for children's trusts

The Commissioning Support Programme was launched in November 2008 to help children’s trusts achieve better outcomes for children and young people through improved strategic commissioning. The programme will operate until April 2011.

Before setting up the programme, we consulted widely with commissioners and others in trusts to understand what they want from the programme and how it should operate. This has helped us to create a programme that is sector-led, responds flexibly to the different needs of trusts, supports sustainable improvement in strategic commissioning and builds lasting capacity within the system.

In each children’s trust, the programme has identified a senior individual already working in commissioning who will act as a ‘commissioning champion’. The programme will work closely with these champions to agree how the programme will to respond to local priorities. With the support of the programme, each champion will lead change in their trust.

The programme recognises that all children’s trusts are at different stages in achieving the best possible outcomes through strategic commissioning. The support available to each children’s trust will reflect these differences and is made up of universal support that trusts can access as needed as well as bespoke support designed specifically for them with the programme. 

Join a new online community of practitioners!

Please visit the Commissioning Support Community website and get access to peer-to-peer support, information exchange, groups and discussion forums as well as a suite of collaboration tools. Register now and start building your profile and network and contribute to the Children’s Services Community.

The content, resources and support available through the website will be a key element in building sustainable improvement in strategic commissioning to achieve better outcomes for children, young people and families.

The Commissioning Support Programme is jointly sponsored by the DCSF and the Department of Health (DoH) and has been developed in partnership with communities and local government.

If you would like to find out more, please email the Commissioning Support Programme.

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Last updated on 19/05/2009