Derbyshire Partnership Forum (DPF)

The Derbyshire Partnership Forum (DPF) is the countywide Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) responsible for developing Derbyshire's Sustainable Community Strategy.

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The Derbyshire Partnership Forum comprises a number of public, private, voluntary and community sector organisations who have been working closely to improve the quality of life for the people of Derbyshire.

The partnership was established in 2000 because partners in the county believed that working together in a joined up way on a wide range of issues was the best way of improving services and meeting local people's needs.

Derbyshire already has well developed partnership arrangements in place for managing the development of Derbyshire's Sustainable Community Strategy and the Derbyshire Local Area Agreement.

Revised governance and constitutional arrangements have been developed for the DPF, DPF Board, DPF Executive and each of the six thematic partnerships. These have been built on current structures and take into account the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 and statutory guidance Creating Strong, Safe and Prosperous Communities. A diagram illustrating the new structure can be found in the related documents section.

The DPF Terms of Reference which set out the purpose, aims and objective of the partnership and a case study highlighting the excellent partnership working arrangements within Derbyshire can be found in the related documents section.

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