Partnership working the added value and success in Charnwood Neil - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Partnership working – the added value and success in Charnwood Neil Lambert Neil Lambert Chief Executive Chief Executive Voluntary Action Charnwood Voluntary Action Charnwood (formerly CVS) (formerly CVS)

Charnwood Together – making life better Local Strategic Partnership Local Strategic Partnership Includes partners from:- - Includes partners from: � Private sector Private sector – – AZ, Chamber AZ, Chamber � � Public agencies Public agencies – – Health, Police Health, Police � � University and College University and College � � Voluntary and Community Sector, VCS, Voluntary and Community Sector, VCS, � including Faiths, REC, Parish Councils including Faiths, REC, Parish Councils

Charnwood Community Strategy 2006-2012 1. People matter People matter 1. 2. Places matter Places matter 2. 3. Prosperity matters Prosperity matters 3. 4. Partnerships matter Partnerships matter 4.

Strong and prosperous communities Local Government White paper October 2006 � Sustainable Community Strategy Sustainable Community Strategy � � Community Call for Action Community Call for Action � (Social Capital Surveys 2006 and 2009) (Social Capital Surveys 2006 and 2009)

Leicestershire LAA – Local Area Agreement � Healthier communities Healthier communities � � Older people Older people � � Children and Young People Children and Young People � � Economic prosperity Economic prosperity � � Cleaner and greener Cleaner and greener � � Safer communities Safer communities � � Stronger communities Stronger communities �

Compact with VCS Sectors working better together Sectors working better together to ensure improved delivery to ensure improved delivery of public services of public services � Funding Funding – – grants and commissioning, grants and commissioning, � future procurement future procurement � Involvement in policy formulation Involvement in policy formulation � � Partnerships Partnerships �

Shared values and objectives Working in the interests of Working in the interests of � Engaging local people to be active Engaging local people to be active � citizens and improve quality of life citizens and improve quality of life � Stronger communities Stronger communities – – Community Community � Call for Action in White Paper Call for Action in White Paper � Achieving better public services Achieving better public services � � Prosperous Charnwood for all Prosperous Charnwood for all �

Symbiosis – mutual benefit � Building relationships Building relationships – – long long- -term term � � Unequal and equal Unequal and equal � � Agreed services paid for Agreed services paid for � � Praising achievements Praising achievements � � Building and maintaining trust Building and maintaining trust � � Empowerment Empowerment – – not loss of authority, not loss of authority, � still accountable, but invest in TRUST still accountable, but invest in TRUST

The two mules a fable for the nations Co-operation is better than conflict � Neither CBC nor the VCS are mules Neither CBC nor the VCS are mules � � Neither are we nations Neither are we nations � � We We’ ’re not equal, surely? re not equal, surely? � � Are our accessible resources Are our accessible resources � comparable? comparable?