East Midlands local strategic partnerships
Visit this link to find out more about Local Strategic Partnerships (LSP's) in the East Midlands, and the related partnerships, forums and planning strategies.

People and sustainable communities
This link provides information and links to specific East Midlands initiatives.

The East Midlands Regional Assembly
(EMRA) is a partnership body that brings together representatives from the public, private, voluntary and community sectors.  EMRA is one of eight Regional Assemblies in England outside of London.  It was launched in 1998 following the introduction of regional development agencies (RDAs), with specific roles for providing regional accountability to the Regional Development Agency and to act as the regional planning body.

East Midlands Infrastructure - Change Up
Launched in June 2004, ChangeUp is a national, 10 year programme to strengthen and support the assistance available to voluntary and community organisations. The site offers case studies, regional strategy, funding information and more.

Capacity Builders - East Midlands
Capacitybuilders is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) set up in 2006 to take over the management of the ChangeUp programme and to work with other funders to build the capacity of the Third Sector. The East Midlands regional managers are Kally Barot and Richard Weller.

East Midlands Churches Forum
The East Midlands Churches Forum (EMCF) seeks to influence policy development around housing, health, social inclusion, culture, the environment, economic regeneration, spatial planning and transport issues, tourism and rural affairs.

Churches Together in England
Churches Together in England is the national body set up by the churches in 1990 to bring together people of different traditions to find new ways to work and worship together. There are an increasing number of local Churches Together networks in the East Midlands. For more information click here.