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LOCALITY WORKING IN SOUTH LAKELAND

Summits 2008

Satisfaction with council performance – Change over the last three years. The map shows the percentage

• f people who think council

performance has got better, minus the percentage of those who think it has got worse.

The areas shaded green are those where more people think it has got better than worse.

Satisfaction with opportunities for participation – influencing decision making. The map shows the percentage of people who agree that they can influence decisions affecting their local area

Darker green shows those divisions where the greatest percentage of people feel they can influence decision making

Satisfaction with opportunities for participation – Desire to be more involved in decision making. The map shows the percentage of people who would like to be more involved in the decisions the Council makes that affect their local area

The darker the colour, the higher the percentage of people who want to be involved in decision making.

National Agenda

“Strong Safe and Prosperous Communities”

• White Paper (2006) – focus on ‘neighbourhoods’ and ‘communities’
• Local Government .. Act (2007) - Duty to involve; Councillor Call for

Action; Participatory budgeting

• Flanagan Report; Turning Neighbourhood Policing into Neighbourhood

Management “Communities in Control” White Paper 9 July 2008

• Access to information; Active citizens and volunteering; Influence
• Empowerment – shift power, influence & responsibility; Ownership and

control; Standing for office

• Holding to account & Redress

Potential Benefits of Better Locality Working

• More effective community empowerment and

engagement

• Greater common understanding of local issues
• Greater opportunity for a single voice
• Easier access to services
• Greater public satisfaction
• More opportunity to tailor local services
• Better co-ordination and joining up of services…..

Potential Areas of Activity

• Parishes have expressed an interest in being

involved in :-

Planning Local Services and Business Activity Litter, grass-cutting, open spaces cleanliness of the local area etc

Discussions can be held on these and any others

Minor highway, footpath and verge maintenance Running local community buildings, facilities and land Shared use of community buildings

Current Position

• We’ve got some excellent practice to build on
• A common understanding of localities is developing

but will take some time to embed.

• Community engagement practice is also developing
• We’ve got the opportunity to discuss proposals on

devolved decision making

• There is now an opportunity to focus on ensuring

responsive management arrangements support this work

Principles of Locality Working

• There are some key principles which provide a

framework to assist in developing locality working

• Concentration on 4 at this stage:-

– Clearly understood Geography – Partnership working and Engagement – Decision-making and Accountability – Local Co-ordination and Management

Clearly understood Geography

• All partners need to have a common understanding of

the local service delivery area boundaries and the identified communities within that area.

• Locality working should be built upon what is currently

known and understood.

• The Map identifies seven areas

Starting points for localities

• Locality Working requires a common view about

communities of place, which agencies can recognise, consult with and respond to.

• Many potential building blocks are already in place:

– the catchments of key service centres (7); – regeneration partnerships eg market town initiatives; – parish planning clusters – 70 parish councils; – neighbourhood forums(9); – electoral divisions (18) and wards (51);

• Service delivery and ad hoc agency boundaries (eg

LDNP)

The Map

Group Discussion 1

• What are your views on the suggested structure?

Locality Working takes place in partnership

• Each locality area needs partnership working

between those who have management responsibility for local delivery services.

• The partnership is where agreement is reached to

align resources for the locality.

• Devolution means meeting minimum standards

Accountability and Decision-Making

• Successful delivery of services in a locality requires

– Leadership through the elected County, District and Parish Councillors – Local decisions where feasible – Better accountability to local community for services

Locality Co-ordination

• A dynamic Co-ordinator who

– Works in each locality with local councillors – Leads on the involvement of local residents – Has the skills to get people to work together to join up services to get things done

Community Engagement

• The Local Area Partnerships will supported by

effective engagement through: – Forums aligned to the agreed locality structure which provide advice, information and recommendations to the Board – Parish Councils – Community Planning – Service User Views

It is assumed that the Local Partnerships will include….

• Decision-making by elected members of three tiers of local

government

• Ensure full participation of the parish councils
• Involve young people
• Prepare agendas in consultation with all stakeholders
• Provide dedicated officer support
• Clarify precise roles and decision-making responsibility of the

Executive

• Provide proportionate devolved budgets

Group Discussion 2

• How would you see the Partnership working in your

area?

Next Steps

• Individual Parishes and Members to feed any specific

comments into the Consultation process (by mid October)

• Outcomes of the Consultation to be considered by

South Lakeland Strategic Partnership (November) with recommendations being made to the principal authorities

• In the meantime discussions can be continued on the

arrangements in each Locality

Dates Of Summits

• Grange Cartmel & Lyth Valley -

2 Sept

• High Furness - 8 Sept
• Kent Estuary - 23 Sept
• Ulverston & Low Furness - 25 Sept
• Kendal Staveley & Upper Kent - 30 Sept
• Windermere & Lakes - 6 Oct
• Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale - 15 Oct