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Community Cohesion

Community Cohesion. Strategy and Action Plan. Strategy development. Pre event questionnaire Visioning event – 9 May 2007 Feedback from IDeA, making the Vision happen Key strategic outcomes, Aims and Objectives, Action plan

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Community Cohesion

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  1. Community Cohesion Strategy and Action Plan

  2. Strategy development • Pre event questionnaire • Visioning event – 9 May 2007 • Feedback from IDeA, making the Vision happen • Key strategic outcomes, Aims and Objectives, Action plan • Timescales – Draft September, Scrutiny Committee November, Executive Board December. Partnership Boards? Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

  3. Pre event questionnaire • Pre event survey • All members of the CCCG and the LSB • Concerns and some positive messages • Feedback used to inform the Visioning event Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

  4. Visioning event • 30 delegates • Multi agency • Delegates from strategic and operational levels Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

  5. Making the Vision Happen • Delegates identified: - Short term objectives - Medium term objectives - Long term objectives • Key outcomes identified: Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

  6. Key outcomes • Shared local agreement about cohesion priorities • Community cohesion principles are mainstreamed across all partnership strategies, leading to action • Integration activities take place within and between communities • Consistent data underpins all activity Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

  7. Key strategic priorities • Strategic outcomes were clustered into strategic priorities: - Engagement - Education and Awareness Raising - Integration - Understanding Need Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

  8. Strategic priorities • See handout Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

  9. Engagement • Positive engagement with local media • Work with host and new communities to clarify perceptions of local cohesion • Develop BME voluntary and community organisations • Work with the business sector to promote community cohesion Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

  10. Education and Awareness Raising • Work with communities to understand cohesion issues • Awareness raising with the general public • Training for staff in all agencies • Awareness raising for Elected Members, Community Councillors, MPs and AMs Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

  11. Integration • Integration principles understood by all LSB partner agencies • Specific integration activities are taken forward through agreed pilot initiatives • Robust monitoring and evaluation identifies local good practice and ‘what works’ Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

  12. Understanding Need • Shared equality resource across partner agencies • Community cohesion proofing toolkit • Compatible data shared across agencies • Unified data sources used to underpin service developments Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

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  15. Timescale • Feedback to CCCG/LSB (Presentation of outline Strategy and Action Plan) July 2007 • Report to Corporate Governance and Policy Scrutiny Committee Oct 2007 • Service Planning process November 2007 • LSB to agree Community Cohesion Strategy January 2008 • Establish Community Cohesion Partnership that reports to LSB March 2008 Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

  16. Questions • Are the outcomes right? • Will the strategic aims deliver these outcomes? • Do the sub-themes capture all the issues that the group feel are important for local cohesion? • Is the format for the action plan right? Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

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