The Working Together for Advice (WTfA) project was funded by the Big Lottery Fund to develop a range of support services for independent advice centres in England.
The project received £5,714,742 funding over a three year period from January 2008 to December 2010.
The overall aims of the WTfA project were to:
The project was developed and delivered by a partnership of six advice networks. The lead partner for the project was the Advice Services Alliance (ASA). The other project partners were Advice UK, Citizens Advice, Law Centres Federation, Youth Access and Age UK. Between them, the project partners have over 1,600 advice agency members across England.
The project evaluation estimated that around 500 advice agencies benefited directly from the project during its delivery period. Many of the project outputs were focused on producing resources and learning from the work. These resources include toolkits, guidance and best practice guides.
For examples of the resources produced which may be useful to ASTF partnerships:
All resources produced under this project are accessible through this website under the following themes:
