The SICDATF is committed to a partnership approach with local stakeholders and will continue to work closely with people using services, the community, and statutory and voluntary sectors on action research, training and funding initiatives. Over the last five years, the SIC projects have worked together on several successful interagency action research initiatives. The collaborative work strengthened the relationships between projects; produced action research reports that are service user-focused and informed. The SICDATF will continue to foster interagency work through training, workshops, and partnering on funding applications and information events. All services have experienced the burden of increased costs, and difficulties with staff recruitment and despite partnerships working to manage these issues, there is still a significant need for office space and community rooms. A risk factor for services is resourcing appropriate buildings to operate services and the cost of having to move premises.
