• Providing information and learning using accessible language and userfriendly formats, and offering a varied programme of free and experiential learning, from short taster workshops to longer programmes enabled people to take part and engage with decisionmaking processes.
• Working in partnership with voluntary and community sector groups and organisations helped to promote Take Part to a wide and diverse range of individuals and groups. Their staff and volunteers often supported course development, delivery and evaluation.
• Working in partnership with Take Part Exeter gave statutory agencies the extra capacity to engage with citizens and groups they usually find hard to reach. Agency input also helped to provide relevant and stimulating learning.
• Engaging community groups through outreach and building flexible learning programmes on their immediate needs helped build confidence and led to a demand for more learning, including learning for qualifications and employment.

Being linked to regional and national networks for sharing ideas and resources brought added value to Take Part Exeter and allowed the Take Part approach to be rolled out across the region.