York and North Yorkshire Partnership Unit is an independent unit which has been set up by partners across York and North Yorkshire. 

Partners include:

  • Business Link Yorkshire
  • City of York Council
  • Further Education Colleges
  • Government Office for Yorkshire and The Humber
  • Jobcentre Plus
  • National Parks
  • North Yorkshire County Council
  • North Yorkshire District Councils
  • North Yorkshire Forum for Voluntary Organisations
  • Skills Funding Agency
  • Welcome to Yorkshire
  • Leeds, York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
  • Yorkshire Forward

Role of the York and North Yorkshire Partnership Unit

The role of the York and North Yorkshire Partnership centres on the tasks below.

Sub regional co-ordination - including joint work on:

  • Promoting effective partnership working

  • Co-ordinating activity on skills, business support, culture and tourism

  • Maximising the utilisation of funding available within the sub region

  • Complementing Leeds City region activity

  • Research and intelligence analysis, including support for economic assessments

County of North Yorkshire - The sub regional partnership performs specific roles in partnership with the local authorities and other partners in North Yorkshire and acts as the economic thematic partnership for the North Yorkshire Strategic Partnership (NYSP). This directly involves:

  • Advice and support on economy and skills issues to the NYSP

  • Approving and monitoring LAA targets

  • Agreeing a North Yorkshire economic assessment

View the Partnership Unit's Business Plan for 2010 / 2011 here

Meet the YNYPU Team

Last updated 3rd September 2010