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Acknowledgements<br />
Social Compass wishes to acknowledge the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership for supporting this project.<br />
The development <strong>of</strong> this Toolkit has been informed by:<br />
>> an extensive literature review that examined small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and their partnership<br />
activities and initiatives both nationally and internationally;<br />
>> interviews <strong>with</strong>, and feedback from, ten SMEs and their <strong>community</strong> organisation partners; and<br />
>> a review <strong>of</strong> a number <strong>of</strong> ‘Partnership Toolkits’, most notably:<br />
> The Partnering Toolbook, written by Ros Tennyson, International Business Leaders Forum;<br />
> Partnerships: Making them Work, written by The Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership;<br />
> Partnership Planner, written by Our Community; and<br />
> Partnership Self-Assessment Toolkit, written by Anna Frearson, East Leeds Primary Care Trust.<br />
In particular we would like to acknowledge, The Partnership Toolkit: Tools for Building and Sustaining Partnerships,<br />
written by the Collaboration Roundtable. The content and ideas in this document were particularly informative.<br />
Our greatest appreciation goes to the ten (case study) SMEs and their <strong>community</strong> organisation partners for the time,<br />
cooperation and dedication to sharing their partnership experiences and collective wisdom.<br />
Finally, we wish to thank all those that read and reviewed the draft Toolkit. The feedback received from the numerous<br />
SME representatives and other individuals was invaluable and will ensure that this Toolkit has greater relevance and<br />
applicability to the SME sector.<br />
Jehan Loza, Director Research<br />
John Prince, Director Evaluation<br />
Social Compass, July 2007 Social Compass, July 2007<br />
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