Together with our Partners, we provide services to the Community of all ages from young people to vulnerable, elderly and isolated to help promote the well- being of our local residents.

The Bestwood Partnership promotes regeneration in Bestwood and surrounding area, through a range of projects addressing unemployment, promoting training and education. This means working in conjunction with
the City Council Employability projects to complete targeted work within Bestwood, Bulwell, Bulwell Forest and Basford wards with current outreach.

The Bestwood Partnership has been around for 25 years, and as such has built its reputation upon commitment, consistency and flexibility. Our agenda needs change as required to focus on community group promotion, participation and volunteering alongside education and training provision, in-depth support for residents to gain sustainable employment. Our employability activity is our greatest achievement.

In 2023 we were successful with the People and Skills funding stream of UKSPF. Our delivery model is centered on one-to-one advisor support, as frequent and in-depth as required for successful delivery.

Identification of customer needs, referrals to other agencies as indicated and above all the building up of self-esteem and participant confidence are central to this.

The Bestwood Partnership has a second-to-none reputation in the community and some advertising but mostly word-of-mouth and local people’s awareness ensures that we are the first point of contact, with outreach from our primary community base of Bestwood Estate Community Centre, where approximately 10% of our delivery will take place.

The other 90% of outreach activity will be at Bulwell Job Centre (DWP), Bulwell Riverside (the Community Hub), Tesco Community Room in Bulwell, Central JCP (Upper Parliament St) in the City Centre, Basford Baptist Church, Southglade Access Centre, Basford Library, Snapewood Community Centre and Southglade Library

These venues are well-established with our activity and delivery model meaning that the element of support is on your door step. The community training courses is primarily funded through a hardship fund, assisting individuals to taking part. The training courses are largely provided by Nottingham College and we only subsidize courses where costs cannot be fully met.