Warwickshire Clubs for Young People ran a series of drug advice sessions for teenagers in local schools last year, supporting work already delivered by the local authority.
It was a piece of work that chief executive Rob Sabin feels the voluntary sector was best placed to deliver.
But until he completed the government-funded Management Development Programme for managers of statutory and voluntary youth provision, he didn't know the opportunity existed. "That work came through networking on the course," says Sabin. "It encourages partnership work and integration of services.
"There were people and organisations in Warwickshire that we knew of, but we weren't fully aware of what they did or how they did it. Through the training we found out about work going on in schools and, as a result, we started getting involved."
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