Partnerships in the United Kingdom

Central to all our activities is our involvement in a number of local, regional and national networks, forums and consortia, all of which enable us promote our commitment to equality and diversity.

Chara Trust has a database of over 300 local and regional voluntary and community groups and organisations.

We are also members of the following:

• National Council for Voluntary Organisations
• Black and Racial Minorities Steering Group
• Granby Toxteth Community Education Forum
• Merseyside Social Inclusion Observatory
• Merseyside Refugee Support Network
• Merseyside Network for Europe
• Federation for Community Development Learning
• Change Up Merseyside
• COMTECHSA – Community Technical Architects

Partnerships across nations

Our international partnerships including

Leonardo da Vinci - vocational and technical student exchange programme with Spain and Greece;

Transnational European Programme - with SPLOT and OWOP in Poland – helping to develop the Polish Academy of the Voluntary  (NGO) Sector. We have helped facilitate workshops on Partnerships and the European Social Funding.

Africa Programme – developing sustainable communities (life and keyskills, vocational training support and promoting cross-cultural education and learning and IT development and integration. A number of our programmes will be delivered in partnership with established reputable NGOs and agencies.