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Yet, little is written about their sustainability and what does exist suggests that effective partnerships are hard to sustain. In this study, we sought insights into what might support successful, enduring community\u2013academic partnerships focused on early childhood autism service provision. We conducted semi-structured interviews and focus groups with 30 staff connected to a university-based early childhood service in education, allied health, management, and research roles, who had been involved in a decade-long community\u2013academic partnership. We analysed the data using reflexive thematic analysis adopting an inductive approach. We identified three key themes. Staff shared strong values and commitments towards inclusive practice and evidence-based practice, which were embedded in the ethos of the partnership (Theme 1). 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In this project, we wanted to know what factors help to support the success of long-term community\u2013academic partnerships, specifically for early childhood autism services. We spoke in depth to 30 staff connected to a university-based early childhood service, including early childhood educators, allied health professionals (psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists), people managing the service and researchers. All had been involved in a community\u2013research partnership that had been going on for a decade. Two researchers independent of the service led the interviews and analysis, looking for patterns in participants\u2019 responses. We identified three main ideas or \u2018themes\u2019. Staff spoke of their strong values and commitments towards inclusive practice and evidence-based practice, which were shared among those within the partnership (Theme 1). 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