Membership
S.P.A. exists to support and promote impactful, sustainable and mutually beneficial cross-sector school partnerships, for the benefit of every child. By becoming a member, you can help us in our mission to help transform young lives.
Why join?
Being a member of the S.P.A. gives you and your school and/or organisation access to a range of benefits and networking opportunities.
We regularly engage with our members through a variety of events, research projects and partnership brokering. Becoming a member enables you to get the most out of your partnership activity, whether it is established or in its infancy.
Connect
Build relationships, unlock opportunities, and access exclusive advantages.
- Curated networking opportunities.
- Introductions to third parties committed to educational partnerships.
- Partnership matching & brokering advice.
- Access to partner-exclusive discounts
- 20% discount on all S.P.A. services
- 1 ticket to S.P.A. annual conference & Early Bird discounts to other S.P.A. events.
- Use of S.P.A. logo on your marketing materials.
Learn
Develop skills, deepen expertise, and stay at the forefront of partnership practice.
- Unlimited access to expert-led webinars.
- Unlimited access to drop-in advice and guidance clinics.
- Auditing of your partnership work.
- Specialised CPD programme dedicated to partnership working.
- Networking opportunities to exchange with and learn from other partnership professionals.
Contribute
Shape the agenda, collaborate with peers, and contribute to sector innovation.
- Invitations to themed working groups.
- The chance to lead and participate in round-table discussions.
- Access to the S.P.A. Innovation Hub.
- Opportunities to share your partnership programmes and experiences with other members.
- The chance to host networking events to share your partnership working in situ.
- Share partnership resources with other members.
The S.P.A. provides an essential service to schools looking to work collaboratively in support of the needs of young people, and continue to offer tremendous support to our work highlighting the role which schools of all types can and should play to enhance life opportunities and outcomes for children.
