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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.

• 1. People matter

People matter

2.

• 2. Places matter

Places matter

3.

• 3. Prosperity matters

Prosperity matters

4.

• 4. Partnerships matter

Partnerships matter

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

• f public services
• f 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?