Leicestershire Priorities
2011 and Beyond
Revising the Sustainable
Community Strategy
WHAT IS A COMMUNITY STRATEGY?
• Local authority responsibility to produce a Community
Plan/ Strategy
• The Leicestershire Together partnership owns the
Leicestershire Community Strategy
• A Community Strategy is a summary of the things that
are important to local people and what we, together, are
going to do about them
• These can include issues around:
– Access to Services
– Health
– Education
– Different groups in the Community (Young People/Older People)
BACKGROUND – COMMUNITY STRATEGY
• The current Sustainable Community Strategy for
Leicestershire was produced in 2008, LWT group
involved in developing Equality priorities
• Mid term review, prompted by:
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Changes in National Government
the recession
reduction in budgets
personalisation
BACKGROUND – COMMUNITY STRATEGY
• The current Sustainable Community Strategy for
Leicestershire was produced in 2008, LWT group
involved in developing Equality priorities
• Mid term review, prompted by:
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Changes in National Government
the recession
reduction in budgets
personalisation
WHERE ARE WE
NOW?
WHAT ARE THE NEW
PRIORITIES?
A few examples of the revised priorities:
Improved life chances for individuals and families
More older people are able to live independent lives at home
Improved health outcomes for people in Leicestershire, in particular a
reduction in health inequalities
Improved mental health and wellbeing
Reduce re-offending, with a particular focus on earlier intervention with
families with complex needs, and those at risk of becoming families with
complex needs
Public Services are delivered in the most efficient and effective way
WHAT NEXT?
Partners will be developing sub-outcomes to sit
underneath the Outcomes
Partners, including yourselves have the opportunity to
influence the outcomes and sub-outcomes
Opportunity to influence how we monitor and
communicate the progress the partnership are making with
delivering outcomes
Communicating Progress on our
Outcomes
How will you know?
What do we do now?
• Online reporting of performance indicators
(screen shots of TEN)
• Annual Performance Report (take hard copy of
08/09, screen shot of online version)
• Quarterly Reporting – Scrutiny, Cabinet,
Leicestershire Together Board
• Online analysis tools – Eg Police Crime website
• Oneplace website – results of government
inspections
What do you think of the current
approach
How would you like us to
communicate about how we are
doing?
Options
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Knowledge Hub & LGG Inform
Articles in Leicestershire Matters
Articles in local press
Dashboards / Visualisation e.g. places tool
Accessibility
Social Media e.g. Facebook, twitter, etc.
Other advertising e.g. posters in Council venues
or externally
• Public forums / meetings (e.g. community
forums, parish council meetings, etc)
How local people will hold councils to account
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Participating in council consultations
Utilising online expenditure information
Utilising published performance information
Participate in face to face and online
opportunities to influence the council
• Participate in any council selfassessment/scrutiny activities
• Challenge elected members/ward councillors
• Through local elections