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Strategic Partnerships
Build relationships with councils, schools, employers, charities, youth services and other organisations that can contribute to Youth Futures programmes.
About Eli
Building the relationships that make lasting change possible.
Eleanor — known as Eli — brings nearly 30 years of diverse experience across education, the criminal justice system, the charitable sector and, for the past decade, local government in the East Riding.
Her career has been shaped by roles where strong relationships, creativity and practical problem-solving were essential. Eli has worked across very different environments, but the common thread has always been the same: helping people and organisations work together to create better outcomes.
Earlier in her career, Eli served as Deputy Director at Safe Ground, an innovative arts-based educational charity. There, she helped develop and deliver bespoke family relationship and parenting programmes designed to support male offenders and their families — work that required sensitivity, collaboration and a deep understanding of the complex circumstances affecting individuals and communities.
Her later work in local government has further strengthened her understanding of how public services, voluntary organisations and local communities can collaborate effectively — particularly when challenges do not fit neatly within the boundaries of one service or organisation.
At Youth Futures Partnership, Eli brings that experience into a role focused on partnership development, engagement and collaboration, helping ensure that young people, communities and partner organisations are part of the conversation from the beginning.
The role
Connecting people, organisations and communities.
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Community Engagement
Help ensure local communities and young people are listened to before programmes are designed or deployed.
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Public Sector Relationships
Use extensive local-government experience to help navigate partnerships, priorities and collaborative delivery across public services.
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Programme Development
Bring partners together around practical initiatives that respond to local need and create opportunities for young people.
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Stakeholder Engagement
Create open, productive relationships between young people, families, professionals, funders and delivery organisations.
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Creative Problem-Solving
Find practical ways through complex challenges where flexibility, enthusiasm and collaboration are essential.
Experience across sectors
A career that crosses organisational boundaries.
Education
Experience working in settings where learning, development and opportunity can transform individual outcomes.
Criminal Justice
Understanding of complex needs, family relationships and the wider circumstances that can influence behaviour and life chances.
Charitable Sector
Leadership experience within innovative, mission-led organisations developing creative approaches to social challenges.
Local Government
A decade of experience in the East Riding, building an understanding of public services, communities and partnership working.
What Eli brings to Youth Futures
Make sure the right people are involved — and genuinely involved.
Partnership Ecosystems
Bring together schools, councils, employers, charities, community organisations and specialist services around shared local outcomes.
Youth & Community Voice
Help build consultation and co-design into programmes so Youth Futures responds to what young people and communities actually say they need.
Local Pilots
Work with local stakeholders to identify opportunities, develop pilot partnerships and create the relationships needed for sustainable delivery.
Engagement That Lasts
Move beyond one-off stakeholder meetings and create relationships that can support programmes, learning and progression over time.
The Youth Futures leadership team
Education. Partnerships. Strategy. Technology.
Youth Futures brings together complementary experience: Fran's background in education and prevention, Eli's expertise in partnership and engagement, and Robin's focus on strategy, technology and scale.