Partnership

OTS has proven its ability to develop effective working relationships with a vast range of groups including the North West Institute of Further and Higher Education, Greater Shantallow Area Partnership, Waterside Development Group, Lifford and Clonleigh Resource Centre, Wokers Education Association, NYPD (New Youth Project for Drugs), St. Columbís Park House, Shantallow Community Centre, etc. Invaluable links have been built with a host of organisations including the Department of Education, Probation, Foyle Trust, Youth Service, Housing Executive, NIACRO, Business In the Community, etc a across a range of sectors, i.e., community, voluntary, statutory and business that should help to cement the long-term success the project.

Off the Streets also sits comfortably within it's own community and wider geographical remit having developed positive links with a host of local community groups across the 5 electoral wards. Off the Streets works in partnership with many of these groups on a number of bodies including the Galliagh Community Safety Task Force and the Greater Shantallow Area Partnership. We have a positive working relationship with all of the local groups including the immediate Shantallow area including the Greater Shantallow Community Arts Centre, Shantallow Controlled Youth Club, Shantallow Community Centre, Galliagh Women's Group, Shantallow Residents Group, Greater Shantallow Area Partnership, Skeoge House to name but a few. We also are represented on the Greater Shantallow Area Partnership Youth Work Forum and Shantallow Women's Community Network.

We are also developing a network of contacts on an national and international basis including Lifford and Clonleigh Youth Project, Viennese Youth Department, International Youth Institute Programme in Israel, Lubelska Wojewodzka Komenda in Poland and street work projects in Innsbruck, Vienna and Brittany.

We have been part of the IFI's Community Leadership Programme and have received support from the Social Economy Agency and Business In the Community in our efforts to develop a Strategic Approach and effective Business Plan that offers a co-ordinated approach to many areas including Funding, Operations, Purpose Build, Programmes, Staffing, Publicity, etc.