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Gloucestershire Probation's Partnership Conference
"One of the best conferences for years". Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive following last week’s (19th May 2010) Partnership Conference at the Rugby Club.
 | Peter Bungard, Chief Executive of the County Council commented on the opportunities for greater collaboration within the County, referring to GPT's excellent performance record. |
| Shona Arora from the Health Service described crime as a public health issue saying there is no option but to work more closely together. |  |
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| John Trolan from Nelson House Trust transcribed the main elements of effective couple counselling to partnership work; pay attention to your partner, and show respect and intimacy with your partner agencies! Follow these principles and "working together makes a real difference ". |
The abiding message of the conference was that partnership working with local partners must be taken seriously and we must be bold and creative in taking this work forward. Despite the financial pressures of shrinking public sector funding partnership work will secure the future of effective rehabilitation of the offenders.
