Our Distinctive Offering
Consultancy
The Cedar Partnership provides consultancy and advice on engagement and participation, event management and facilitation, policy and strategy analysis, training, organisational development and research.
Policy and Strategy
The Cedar Partnership can assist your organisation with analysis, creation and formulation of policy and strategy particularly relating to ensuring effective participation and engagement of clients and other stakeholders.
Networking
The Cedar Partnership has excellent political and other networks that can assist your organisation meet strategic and operational targets and outcomes.
Development and Engagement
The Cedar Partnership can assist your organisation to develop and improve consultation and engagement tools and techniques in order to get closer to your clients. On an individual level we can assist with mentoring and personal development and support.
Research
The Cedar Partnership can assist your organisation with feasibility studies and other qualitative and quantitative research methodology.
Our Distinctive Approach
We encourage purposeful dialogue on issues of mutual interest between agencies (public, private and voluntary) and the communities that they serve. We have particular experience in engaging with faith communities and statutory agencies on interfaith issues.

We offer excellent networks and relationships with in-depth experience and understanding of communication, engagement and participation methodologies, and action research.

We create a mutual understanding of both the challenge and opportunities faced in any particular situation and the creative solutions on offer.

We believe that collaborating with others can lead to more robust and sustainable solutions and lead to the discovery of alternative remedies and outcomes.

To achieve this, we work confidently with individuals, teams and organisations, irrespective of abilities, status or professional standing in order to:
  • Facilitate creative thinking and meaningful engagement and participation
  • Develop networks and relationships
  • Generate a sense of shared ownership
  • Make connections with other strategic initiatives and plans
  • Focus support and facilitation to help secure buy-in from decision makers and stakeholders
  • Locate the decision making process within a wider strategic context.

Effective communication is the key to successful outcomes and the creation of a 'learning culture' underpins all that we do.

Our Activity
The Cedar Partnership has undertaken projects with the following organisations:-

The Stamford Forum
Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills
South of Tyne & Wear PCT
North East Regional Faiths Network
Churches' Regional Commission in the North East
One Voice Network
King's Lynn & W. Norfolk Neighbourhood Management Board
The lasting change
Marchday PLC