CES Locality working and enabling communities

1. CES Locality working and enabling communities Tom McCabe, Executive Director Communities & Environmental Services Norfolk County Council

2. Financial landscape • The grant from central government continues to shrink year on year – we’ve saved £245m in last 3 years - £140m in next 3 • Demand for the services we provide grows • Eg 20% rise in 65+ in last decade - will be 25% of population in ten years, fastest growing is 85+. • Rising costs – supplies & services, cost of living wage / NI payments So we either do less or do things differently – in practice both

3. Budget consultation – you said… Cut all adults transport for those receiving a care service £4.78m “This impacts on the most vulnerable and has a particularly adverse impact on those living in rural areas…” Reducing supporting people budgets by £5.1m “This is counter intuitive to the Council’s prevention agenda and stood to impact very badly on the VCS…” Our Council decided not to implement these changes ….

4. Public sector reform in Norfolk • Working across the whole public sector • A need to review service delivery models • Clarity of vision and priorities for Norfolk • Locality working • Improving our internal organisation

5. Ambition for Norfolk The Council’s ambition is for everyone in Norfolk to succeed and fulfil their potential. Together we can achieve a better, well-educated population, well placed to benefit from a changing economic landscape, able to seize opportunities in a changing economy. Listening to local communities and working together to address the challenges ahead will be essential.

6. The four Council priorities Our work in CES seeks to meet the four priorities of: • A well-educated / skilled population • ‘Real’ jobs which pay well / have prospects – 45,000 new jobs over a decade • Improved infrastructure - air, sea, road, rail - broadband & mobile coverage - partnerships & communities • Supporting vulnerable people through living more independently and safely

7. Key challenges for CES • Environmental challenges, eg flood risk • Job growth • Housing growth and other infrastructure needs • Reducing and managing health impacts • Reducing waste (and cost of dealing with it) • Travel and accessibility

8. Developing the CES plan for working locally and enabling

9. Our aims CES wants to work with resilient, confident and safe communities We will achieve this by: • Making CES services better by addressing local priorities • Supporting access to vibrant networks of help / advice • Working better with the informal, highly effective support existing in Norfolk communities • Building capacity in communities

10. Achieving our aims We will support individuals, communities and public services to work better together by: • Coordinating delivery through CES locality teams • Devolving to those better placed to deliver • Making better shared use of buildings – ‘OPE’ • Working more closely with communities

11. Working with communities CES are committed to working with communities and partners in the following ways: • Listening to local issues • Supporting communities to find local solutions • Being clear about what is on offer and how people can be involved • Doing ‘with not to’

12. What needs to be different? How can CES work better with the VCS to enable local action? • Delivery in localities - ‘one size fits’ service delivery approach neither serves well or is sustainable • The CES model will see locality teams working on outcomes to address locally articulated priorities • These outcomes will be informed by high quality and sustained community and partner engagement • Communities and partners will be part of the solution • Workshop