Cardiff’s Community Strategy (2004 to 2014) - Better Communities/Brighter Lives

CONTENTS

Page 1. Foreword 3

2. Introduction 4

3. Key Challenges 5 to 7

4. Developing a Community Strategy for 8 to 13

5. Local Voices 14 to 18

6. Driving Principles 19 to 24

7. Key Priorities 25 to 39

8. Partners 40 to 43

9. CPIG Membership 44

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1. FOREWORD

Over the past decade, Cardiff has emerged as a dynamic European Capital City. Success has followed success. The city centre is now one of the UK's premier shopping destinations. is a world-class waterfront development. The ranks among the world’s finest sports stadia. Major events, including the European Summit, the , the FA Cup Final, and Rally GB, have demonstrated Cardiff's role on the international stage. Such developments have led to a vibrancy and dynamism that have impressed commentators far and wide. The Prime Minister, for example, described Cardiff as a "fantastic go-ahead city".

This impressive case-study in urban renaissance is the result of a “Team Cardiff” approach in which public, private and voluntary sector organisations have worked closely together to develop the economic and social infrastructure required to attract investment and generate local prosperity. There has been a clear, widely shared commitment to ensuring that the people of Cardiff and Wales benefit from the City's growth. This is reflected in the following pages, which outlines an ambitious Community Strategy that aims to ensure that the progress made by Cardiff over the last decade continues into the future.

Councillor Russell Goodway, Leader of March 2004

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2. INTRODUCTION

Over recent years local organisations have engaged in extensive discussions about the future of Cardiff. The local community planning process has developed as a key arena of debate about local issues. The result is a Community Strategy that represents an important attempt to map out a shared agenda for Cardiff. Its publication follows an extensive consultation exercise during which the Council sought to find out what local people and local organisations considered to be the main challenges currently facing the City and local communities.

The vision and targets set out in the following pages will guide the development of the local community planning process and will lead to action in identifying and solving local problems. Over one hundred local public, private and voluntary sector organisations have agreed the Cardiff Community Strategy. The Community Planning Implementation Group (CPIG), which includes many of the City’s key stakeholders and representative organisations, will oversee the implementation of a comprehensive action plan, which was agreed by Capital Congress in October 2003. The challenge now is to ensure that the aspirations outlined in the Strategy are translated into outcomes that will serve to increase further Cardiff’s contribution to Wales and enhance the economic, social and environmental well-being of local communities. We want Cardiff to continue to succeed as the driver of Welsh prosperity; and we want local communities to be healthy, safe and prosperous. We believe that by working together we can and will make measurable progress to better communities and brighter lives. Councillor Gretta Hunt Deputy Leader (Youth & Communities) and Chair of the Community Planning Implementation Group, March 2004

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3. KEY CHALLENGES

Cardiff is the largest local authority in Wales. Over the last decade the city experienced a rapid increase in population of approximately 1% per annum. It faces the challenges of an ever ageing population, with life expectancy now over 75, and also a high proportion of the 18-35 age group not contributing to the city’s economy. The 2001 census estimates that this includes over 28,000 students. It also indicates that there are 127,500 households in Cardiff, of whom 69% live in owner occupied homes, 17% in the social rented sector and 13% in the private rented sector. Approximately 8% of the local population are from minority ethnic communities.

Cardiff’s workforce rose by over 24,000 in the last decade and now stands at 130,200, with well paid semi-skilled manufacturing employment replaced as the city developed a cluster of relatively low skilled call centres serving many sectors of industry, particularly financial and utility services, employing some 12,000 people. The average wage of full-time employees working in Cardiff1 is currently less than of the Great Britain average but above that of the Wales average.

Approximately 40% of the Cardiff workforce are daily in-commuters resident outside the city. This represents a major source of pressure on the transportation system. Congestion caused by a projected 30% increase in the number of private cars on Britain’s

1 2003 New Earnings Survey, ONS; October 2003.

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roads in the next ten years represents a major issue and progress will need to be made to encourage people to leave their cars and use public transport.

In recent years the city has experienced full employment with unemployment rates falling below 3% in most areas. Yet this should not be allowed to disguise the fact that there are still too many neighbourhoods where deprivation remains a serious problem. The so-called “southern arc” of the city registers an unemployment rate (3.8%) that is comparable with the worst in Wales. The Cardiff Community Profile of 2002 notes that: ‘There remain areas of Cardiff that continue to have lower than average economic activity rates. Promoting greater participation by Cardiff residents in the local economy is therefore a major challenge facing a multitude of agencies between now and 2020.’2

Recent figures3 highlight areas of Cardiff where more than 75% of households are solely dependent upon means tested benefits for their income. In addition, statistics4 have highlighted that 26%, or 16,000, of Cardiff’s children aged 0 to 15 live in households dependent upon Income Support. In the southern arc this rises to an average of some 38.5% of all dependent children living in relative child poverty.5 In total, approximately 50,000 Cardiff residents live in Electoral Divisions in the worst 20% most deprived in Wales.6

2 Cardiff Community Profile 2002, Bro Taf HA/Cardiff Council/Cardiff LHG; June 2002. 3 Deprivation in Cardiff, Cardiff Research Centre; January 2002. 4 Cardiff Community Profile 2002, Bro Taf HA/Cardiff Council/Cardiff LHG; June 2002. 5 Wales Index of Multiple Deprivation, NAfW; 2000. 6 Ibid

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Such indicators correspond closely with the health profile of the local population. The Cardiff Community Profile points to southern areas as experiencing higher mortality rates than northern parts of the city and “higher percentages of low birth-weight babies, which are associated with poor health, diet, smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy.”7

The challenge of responding to such issues is accentuated by the fact that the funding implications of Cardiff’s role as the Capital City of Wales are barely acknowledged at a national level. The cost of hosting major national events and the pressure on services due to daily inward migration of commuters are not taken into account in the local government financial settlement. Moreover, 40% of rates paid by businesses in Cardiff are distributed to other Welsh local authorities.

For Further Information Cardiff Research Centre reports and contact details are available at http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/corporate/corporate.asp?ID=4 .. General information and more detail about Cardiff can be found at http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/mainpages/cardiff.htm

7 Cardiff Community Profile 2002, Bro Taf HA/Cardiff Council/Cardiff LHG; June 2002.

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4. DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY STRATEGY FOR CARDIFF

Why a Community Strategy?

The Local Government Act 2000 gave local authorities new community leadership and planning powers, placing a duty on them to prepare community strategies with partners that promote the economic, social and environmental well-being of communities.

What is the Community Strategy?

The Cardiff Community Strategy sets out in a single document the long term vision for Cardiff and an action plan outlining how the Strategy will be delivered. The Strategy represents a common agenda for the Capital City of Wales and provides an overarching framework that supports other key strategies, plans and initiatives. It sits above and complements other local plans/strategies (see matrix in the Community Strategy Action Plan), making connections between them but having a longer term vision. The Strategy does not set out in detail the plans for every service or community. It does, however, set out the overall priorities that will help shape more detailed plans and strategies of partner organisations. It will help create a voice for Cardiff.

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Community Planning in Cardiff

The Cardiff Community Strategy has been shaped - and will be implemented and reviewed - by a local community planning process, which includes the following elements:

S Public consultation – genuine communication based on various mechanisms including Capital Times, telephone surveys, public meetings, the Internet and other innovative measures recommended by the Capital Congress.

S Capital Forums – which meet regularly to ensure that all organisations involved in the partnership can monitor progress and ensure that the Community Strategy is a “live” document that reflects current issues and is responsive to change.

S Capital Congress – an annual event involving the Council and partner organisations to ratify and monitor the Cardiff Community Strategy, and chart progress towards achieving the City’s long-term vision and goals. A parallel event – Capital Youth Congress – takes place to strengthen links with young people.

S Community Planning Implementation Group (CPIG) - co-ordinates and oversees Cardiff’s community planning partnership, and supports partner organisations to implement the Community Strategy. It consists of key partners that have agreed to develop and support the community planning process at the strategic level and ensure that the Community Strategy objectives are incorporated into the business planning processes of partner organisations. CPIG has responsibility for ensuring that targets are delivered and that the strategy is refined on an annual basis.

S Cardiff Community Planning Partnership – this wider partnership is open to any organisation or individual. Consultation takes place via email and the established community planning architecture.

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Strategic Partnerships

The Community Strategy demonstrates a commitment to developing joint mechanisms that will help to identify and address local problems. As part of this approach, it will be crucial to ensure that the aims and objectives outlined in the Strategy are translated into action through partnerships. A preliminary audit of partnerships in Cardiff has highlighted the key partnerships that will be at the forefront in delivering the Community Strategy objectives. This network of partnerships will evolve over time as partnerships are established or rationalised via the community planning process. A second phase of the audit will map the various mechanisms and structures that support these key strategic partnerships, establishing standard terms of reference, criteria for creating partnerships, and assessing performance.

Under the auspices of the Community Planning Implementation Group and the wider Community Planning Partnership, a number of key partnerships will be central to achieving the aims and objectives outlined in the Community Strategy:

Health is the key strategic partnership that is now driving the development of the Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Strategy.

The Cardiff Community Safety Partnership with partners from the Council, Police, Probation, Local Health Board and Fire Service facilitates the development and implementation of a strategic, multi-agency approach to crime prevention/reduction and community safety.

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The economic development agenda focuses on the Cardiff Initiative – a public-private partnership between the Council and the Chamber of Commerce.

The Cardiff Partnership manages and co-ordinates the planning and delivery of the Objective 2 and Objective 3 programmes.

The Local Housing Strategy Multi Agency Project Board is the forum through which all housing policy in Cardiff is developed and implemented. The Board is supported by a number of other partnerships/groups.

Communities First partnerships are being established in wards that feature prominently in the Wales Index of Multiple Deprivation - Butetown, Splott, and Ely-Caerau. In addition, a non-geographical scheme focusing on deprivation issues faced by minority ethnic groups is also being established. All partnerships involve the public, voluntary and community sectors, working together to make co-ordinated and locally informed decisions, with an emphasis on sustainability.

The Children and Young People’s Partnership is a statutory grouping that involves partners from public, private and voluntary organisations working with young people. The Partnership will implement the Children and Young People’s Framework Plan, which sets out actions in a range of areas including learning, health, participation in decision making, and developing support/guidance for young people. Cymorth Funding will support the implementation of the Framework Plan.

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capitalearning (Cardiff's Community Consortia for post-16 Education and Training (CCET)) is a voluntary grouping of publicly-funded providers of post 16 education and training (excluding Higher Education) operating within Cardiff. capitalearning recommendations impact on the planning and delivery of all local publicly-funded post 16 education and training provision. Priorities are signposted in capitalearning's Annual Recommendations, which can be accessed via its website (www.capitalearning.org)

The Voluntary Sector Compact is the key partnership between the Council and the Voluntary Sector that provides a framework for shared working and partnership arrangements.

The Cardiff Strategic Transport Forum is a high level group of partners representing a cross-section of interested parties that acts as a ‘sounding board’ for the development of transport policy in Cardiff. The Council is also proposing to establish the Cardiff Transport Partnership, which will lead the modernisation of transport infrastructure in the City.

The Local Sustainability Partnership developed the Local Sustainability Strategy and now acts as a standing group of organisations that can be brought together to address sustainability issues.

There are eight sport specific forums/task groups that plan and coordinate the delivery of sport within Cardiff - School Sport Task Group, Leisure Sub Group (partners from the community responsible for disabilities), Rugby Partnership, Hockey Forum, Athletics, Netball, Cricket and Football.

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Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy

The Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy also represents a key mechanism for implementing the Community Strategy at a local level, and will serve to ensure that communities themselves have the opportunity to help shape local priorities on the basis of local needs. In the most deprived areas of the city Communities First projects will provide a comprehensive approach to addressing needs in the area. In other areas less intensive approaches will be used reflecting the particular priorities within each locality.

Implemention, Review and Monitoring Arrangements

Through the established community planning, neighbourhood renewal and Communities First arrangements community planning partners will work together to: encourage a dialogue within communities about their needs, aspirations and priorities; increase the co-ordination of public services; extend public participation in the local decision-making process; and provide a strategic approach to local problems.

The Community Planning Implementation Group will be central to the implementation of the Community Strategy, and members of the Group will ensure that objectives are incorporated into their own business planning processes. The wider community planning partnership will continue to be central to the ongoing development, monitoring and review of the Strategy, which will change over time to reflect partners and the communities evolving priorities. It will be revised and ratified on an annual basis at Capital Congress.

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5. LOCAL VOICES

Public Perceptions

Consultation is a vital part of modern local government. The Cardiff Community Strategy is the result of ongoing and far-reaching consultation. Public meetings, individual consultation exercises, focus groups and omnibus surveys will help us to assess local priorities. The results of the annual surveys undertaken since 2000 have been consistent. The most recent survey indicated that:

S an overwhelming 97% of respondents felt Cardiff was good place to live;

S apart from the Council, the Police had the most important part to play in improving local communities. A quarter of respondents also recognised the role of local community groups;

S the best way to consult with local communities about a community strategy was through the Capital Times. Public meetings were the next most popular mechanism and 19% of people felt that the best communication channel was “through local councillors”;

S few people saw themselves as living too far away from their jobs or facilities;

S health, crime, the environment and education should be the main priorities of the Community Strategy.

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S The survey also highlighted issues that people feel need greater attention:

S 61% of respondents stated that litter was the main problem facing their area and more than a third felt that crime and antisocial behaviour was a problem;

S 86% of respondents were very or fairly satisfied with their local area, but 36% felt that their local area had got worse in the last two years;

S 62% of respondents stated that they did not feel very safe walking alone in the city centre after dark;

S over 40% of respondents felt that Council estates were the areas most in need of improvement.

Partner Consultation

As well as individual voices, local community planning mechanisms have brought together local organisations from all sectors of the community to express their views on what they see as the key priorities facing the City. Over 600 private, voluntary and public organisations were invited to participate in the community planning process in Cardiff - over 250 organisations have accepted this invitation to date.

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The early community planning meetings were instrumental in shaping this Strategy. Some of the points expressed at community planning meetings illustrated the support for policies that promote the economic, social and environmental well-being, as well as Cardiff’s continued development as a European Capital City.

Encouraging Investment

S Cardiff must not be insular and must seek to evaluate best practice from around the world. There is a need for Cardiff to continue to build on its Capital City status to attract more companies, conferences, concerts, major sporting events, tourists and shoppers;

S Cardiff should provide a warm welcome for prospective new employers, making Cardiff an attractive place in which to locate or relocate. We must demonstrate a “can do” attitude and provide added value, offering benefits which other areas cannot;

S Cardiff needs an integrated transport strategy which convinces employers that our public transport system will be integrated, efficient and effective;

S the business community and local councils should encourage the further development of the airport and transport infrastructure links to the airport to ensure that economic benefits are delivered to Wales as a whole.

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A Brighter, Better and Healthier City

S We should tackle the causes of litter, not just the symptoms. Existing national targets for street cleaning and litter should be adopted and it is important that a realistic, workable and achievable waste strategy is put in place and that realistic recycling targets are set and met;

S fewer children are walking to school, mainly owing to parental fears of traffic danger or abduction, but in some areas this has been overcome by the ‘walking bus’. Highway safety improvements near schools could be introduced to help the “walking bus” scheme to expand;

S all children should have opportunities to enjoy clean fresh air, open spaces and varied physical exercise;

S the Council and Local Health Group have a common agenda of wishing to build strong partnerships with voluntary, private and other public sectors organisations, and to engage the public in the planning process to improve health and healthcare services in Cardiff;

S healthy eating strategies to raise awareness of food and nutrition are needed

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Building a Better Future

S Education targets should not just focus on educational achievement. The education system is an important determinant of child health due to its positive or negative influence on the sense of self-worth. The school should be a safe and supportive community where the child is encouraged to develop to its full potential;

S new development should be sustainable and the impact on schools, doctors and other local services need to be taken into account;

S if the objective of the Community Strategy is about economic, social, and environmental well being then it should concentrate on the areas of the city where this is most absent. Local strategic partnerships could provide the basis for involving other organisations within the community planning process.

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6. DRIVING PRINCIPLES

Cardiff as the Capital City for Wales

Community Strategy partners understand that the benefits that accrue from Cardiff’s position as the capital city of Wales are balanced by the City’s obligations to the rest of Wales and to Cardiff’s immediate hinterland – the South Wales Valleys - in particular. Today the economies of Cardiff and the Valleys remain inter-dependent. Nearly 70,000 people every day travel from adjacent communities to work and utilise services in Cardiff. South East Wales produces over 50% of all goods and services in Wales, contains almost half of the Welsh population and provides over half of all employment. Cardiff alone provides 16% of all Welsh jobs and if the City and the adjacent areas perform to their full potential, the Nation will be well on the way to competing effectively in the global economy.

All community planning partners will work together to promote the interests of Cardiff. We will seek to ensure that the Welsh Assembly Government provides levels of financial support to Cardiff that is commensurate with the city’s role as the Capital of Wales. We will work to ensure that Cardiff develops as the Capital City for Wales, as well as the Capital City of Wales.

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Equality

Community Strategy partners recognise that Cardiff is a diverse city. We recognise the need to provide high quality services that are relevant to local communities. We are working to ensure that our workforces are fully representative of the communities we serve.

As partners we will act to ensure that we meet the varied individual needs, expectations and aspirations of local people and that everyone has equal access to opportunities, information and services regardless of their race, ethnic origin, language, gender, disability, age, sexuality, marital status, nationality, religious or non-religious belief, family background or any individual characteristic which may limit a person’s opportunities in life.

All community strategy partners - individuals and organisations - have a responsibility to promote and encourage tolerance, fairness and equality and to influence service providers and employers in the city. All partners will work together to promote tolerance, compassion and respect.

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The Community Strategy is one of the key mechanisms that will ensure that Cardiff continues to be a cosmopolitan city that values the importance of diversity. The promotion of equal opportunities is therefore a driving principle behind the objectives and targets set out in the Community Strategy.

At Capital Congress 2002 a Race Equality Employment Statement was agreed, this has now been incorporated into the Communities Housing and Social Justice section of the Action Plan. The success of the Community Strategy and in particular the action plan will be evaluated to ensure that it recognises and meets the different and changing needs of the people of Cardiff.

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Social Inclusion

Social Inclusion can be achieved by tackling a combination of linked problems that include unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime, bad health, poverty and family breakdown. We are seeking to address these issues and will invest in the future of our communities. Through partnership working, based on sharing information and resources, we will aim to meet common objectives that serve to improve the opportunities and quality of life for those in Cardiff who may be excluded. We want everyone to benefit from Cardiff’s success, both socially and economically.

The Communities First programme in Cardiff focuses on our most deprived geographical communities and Cardiff’s minority ethnic communities, and through local partnerships and consultation community action plans will be developed to address the causes of deprivation. The research undertaken and solutions identified will assist in tackling social exclusion across the city as a whole.

The Community Strategy is one of the key mechanisms that will ensure that Cardiff grows into a truly inclusive capital city. Social Inclusion is therefore a driving principle behind the objectives and targets set out in the Community Strategy.

The success of the Community Strategy and in particular the action plan will be evaluated to ensure that those currently excluded from opportunities that most people take for granted benefit from the aims and targets contained within the Community Strategy.

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Sustainable Development

Sustainable development means balancing economic growth, environmental considerations and social progress in our communities while also looking after the long-term interests of future generations. We are seeking to promote economic growth within a policy framework that understands the importance of the natural and physical environment.

In this respect, economic dynamism and sustainable development are complementary objectives. We understand that if Cardiff is to be competitive in economic terms, it needs to be an attractive place in which to live and work, a place in which the quality of life acts as a trigger for inward investment and underpins social cohesion. In short, we aspire to make Cardiff a “liveable city” with clean streets, good parks, easy access to the countryside, impressive architecture, high quality public art and an outstanding waterfront and waterfront environment.

The Community Strategy is one of the key mechanisms that will ensure that Cardiff grows into a truly sustainable capital city. Sustainable development is therefore a driving principle behind the objectives and targets set out in the Community Strategy.

A sustainability appraisal of the Community Strategy will be undertaken at regular intervals by the Community Planning Partnership to ensure that our aims and objectives balance local, global and future needs effectively.

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Children and Young People

We acknowledge the crucial contribution that children and young people make to Cardiff, and will need to continue to make in the future. We recognise the need to further develop mechanisms to support democratic engagement and participation among young people, including improving access to information and advice specifically tailored to children and young people’s needs. We will build on the success of the inaugural Capital Youth Congress in 2003 to ensure that young people are given every encouragement and incentive to become active citizens and get involved with the running of the City. The Capital Youth Congress, supported by schools councils, youth forums and the soon to be established Cardiff Youth Parliament (linked to the UK Youth Parliament) will provide an annual platform for the children and young people of Cardiff to influence decision-makers.

We recognise the need to put in place measures to encourage youth engagement and participation, thereby ensuring that young people are equipped and able to develop their full potential. We will support the development of services and initiatives, including mentoring schemes and sports-based projects, which seek to develop the skills, self-esteem and ambition, particularly of young people at risk of exclusion or under-achievement, not least in order to reduce youth annoyance. Moreover, we will take steps to ensure that the positive achievements and diversity of young people are acknowledged and respected. We need to ensure that young people who want to live and work in Cardiff are able to do so and that they benefit from the opportunities and high quality of life that derive from living in the Capital City of Wales.

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The Capital Youth Congress will evaluate progress towards ensuring that the aims and objectives of young people are met within the context of the Community Strategy supported by the Children and Young People's Partnership Framework.

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7. KEY PRIORITIES

Education and Training for Life

Learning is a crucial part of Cardiff’s agenda for success. We will secure Cardiff’s position as a City of Learning through an inclusive education system that values excellence creates opportunities and enables individuals to achieve their full potential.

Learning is a crucial part of Cardiff’s agenda for success. The continued development of Cardiff as a City of Learning, educational excellence and opportunity is vital. The Council, CELWa, colleges, universities, training providers and employers work have an overriding interest in working together to create a world class lifelong learning network that generates local prosperity and individuals’ self-betterment.

We recognise that successful and inclusive schools will be fundamental if children and young people are to reach the highest standards that they can achieve, and we understand the importance of providing opportunities for people to realise their potential throughout their lives The City's universities are already synonymous with educational excellence. We will further develop a lifelong learning framework that utilises the largest adult learning programme in Wales, local community facilities, youth centres, and a developing network of training and enterprise centres to promote innovation, skills and enterprise. A network of modern, accessible, welcoming and e-enabled libraries in the city will also provide an essential lifelong learning resource for people of all ages.

The community planning partnership will:

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S aim to ensure that all children and young people reach the very highest standards that they can achieve and work with them, with parents, with each other, and with local communities to ensure this target is met;

S develop lifelong learning partnerships involving the Council, schools, employers, colleges, universities and communities themselves;

S promote the recognition of young people’s achievements wherever they take place.

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Health Social Care and Wellbeing

Health is one of the key determinants of the success of any city. A sustained improvement in the health of local people will help remove a major barrier to the city’s economic, social and environmental development.

Care and support for vulnerable people is an important element of Cardiff’s agenda. At the core of our vision is an uncompromising commitment to construct care services that are tailored to meeting the needs of individual service users. We will work together to tackle the causes of poor health and health inequalities.

Deprived communities continue to be affected disproportionately by poor health, with high rates of heart disease, cancer, low birth weight, poor nutrition, tooth decay, and respiratory disease. As the Better Health – Better Wales document pointed out, there is “a close correlation between patterns of deprivation and of illness and disease”.

Plans for improving health and well-being of the population of Cardiff will be set out in the Health, Social Care and Wellbeing strategy, which will be underpinned by a comprehensive health and well-being needs assessment and will establish action to improve health and reduce health inequalities as an equal priority alongside effective and efficient health care services. It will span the whole spectrum - from preventative action and regulation to improving health and reducing the risk of ill health through to care services provided by the local Authority, the NHS, and the voluntary and private sectors.

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All local communities and organisations have a common agenda of making Cardiff a healthy city.

The community planning partnership will:

S work in partnership to tackle the causes of poor health, health inequalities, recognising that poor health is a major barrier to the City’s economic, social and environmental development;

S create strong strategic and operational partnerships between community planning partners in all sectors to promote high quality social care and health services;

S take co-ordinated action with partners on the environmental, social and lifestyle issues that impact on people’s health. We will also encourage people to take responsibility for their own health as far as practicable and support them to do so;

S continue to seek to modernise social care in Cardiff through shifting the focus of service delivery away from the service provider and in favour of the service user;

S ensure that the needs of children in Cardiff are addressed within a caring and supportive environment. The interests of the most vulnerable children should - and will be - protected at all times.

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S work together to ensure that vulnerable adults are afforded protection and are able to maximise their independence and right to self-determination;

S work together to improve carers’ quality of life through support for their health and wellbeing.

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Environment

The well-being and quality of life of local people is dependent to a large extent on the environment in which they live and work. Economic dynamism and sustainable development are complementary objectives. We aspire to making Cardiff an attractive urban environment that ranks as one of the best places to live anywhere in the UK. The promotion of sustainable development and a clean environment will be central to the development of Cardiff as a European capital city.

If Cardiff is to be competitive in economic terms it needs to be an attractive place to live and work. The health, well-being and quality of life of local people is dependent to a large extent on the environment in which they live and work. Clean streets and well maintained public open spaces are crucial. The integration of sustainability into working practices, the promotion of environmentally sound practices and provision energy efficient buildings underlines the commitment that exists locally to improving the quality of the environment.

The community planning partnership will:

S through improved education and enforcement activities, engage with local communities and businesses to raise awareness of the need to improve the fabric and cleanliness of Cardiff;

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S monitor levels of all types of pollution in the City and take action to prevent nuisance and health risks, and to enhance the quality of the environment;

S aim to ensure that sustainable development is integrated within the strategies, policies and services of public sector bodies. We will also raise awareness of sustainable lifestyles within the wider community;

S maintain, enhance, promote and sustainably manage the natural and built environment

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Communities, Housing and Social Justice

Cardiff needs to be a city where social inclusion is promoted and discrimination is continually challenged. The promotion of equality of opportunity is fundamental to ensuring that all residents are able to realise their full potential as individuals. We will achieve social justice and neighbourhood renewal by addressing the issues that cause people to be excluded from society, including the provision of good quality affordable housing. We also recognise that successful regeneration hinges on strong and effective measures to combat crime and anti-social behaviour.

Deprivation and discrimination are unacceptable in a modern society. A significant number of local people are struggling to contend with what the Government’s Social Exclusion Unit termed “a combination of linked problems such as unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime environments, bad health, poverty and family breakdown”. Five of the City’s electoral divisions feature among the top 20% of Wales’s most deprived divisions.

This ties in with the issue of ethnicity. As a city, Cardiff is defined by its diversity and multiculturalism. Yet minority ethnic communities continue to experience high rates of racism and discrimination, undermining their quality of life and acceptance as useful, valued members of society. Local research, carried out by the Cardiff Research Centre, confirms that minority ethnic communities in Cardiff are still represented disproportionately in key poverty indices, with high rates of dependence on state benefits and child poverty.

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Similarly, disabled people living in Cardiff are not always able to attend or participate in events, or access jobs, housing and transport services, facilities or even information that other citizens take for granted. Cardiff is a city that embraces the needs and requirements of all its citizens. Service providers, businesses and employers have a responsibility in ensuring that disabled people are not discriminated against and are not excluded from society.

Other key determinants of social inclusion include quality of housing, access to advice services, support for carers, protection from domestic violence, levels of antisocial behaviour and crime/fear of crime. Strong and effective measures to combat crime and anti- social behaviour are fundamental. Also vital is the provision of good quality affordable housing, which should be a right not a privilege of any decent society. Successful community regeneration also needs to be underpinned by the development and promotion of sustainable social or community enterprises.

The community planning partnership will:

S work together to promote social inclusion by addressing the issues that cause people to be excluded from society. Community planning partners will target additional resources at communities which suffer from high levels of deprivation, as defined by the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, while recognising the needs and problems of all areas of Cardiff;

S support the development of an active and thriving community sector;

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S develop good quality affordable accommodation to meet the needs of those in housing need, together with the development of strategic solutions to the issues of homelessness, rough sleeping and poor housing;

S work together to promote equal opportunities and to combat all forms of discrimination;

S work through the Cardiff Community Safety Partnership’ to tackle the causes of crime and fear of crime in Cardiff;

S reduce all incidents of arson, preventable fires, deaths and serious injuries from accidental fires in dwellings;

S reduce re-offending by promoting learning and employment opportunities to offenders.

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Enterprise and Transport

Cardiff needs to continue to attract well-paid sustainable, skilled jobs to generate prosperity and opportunities for people to maximise their potential as citizens. The City must remain Wales’s economic powerhouse through further exploiting its economic potential and acting as a regional and national driver of prosperity. Innovation, skills and enterprise need to be at the heart of a dynamic local economy, underlining the importance of policies that promote economic diversity, high growth and the delivery of a modern, integrated transport system for Cardiff that will give Cardiff a decisive advantage over competitor cities.

Over the last decade Cardiff has been one of Europe’s fastest growing capital cities with the population growing on average by 1% per annum. Such buoyancy reflects the dynamism of the local economy and the long term success of local regeneration initiatives, based on private-public co-operation to improve the City’s infrastructure, transform the Bay, and establish the city centre as one of the UK’s foremost commercial centres.

Cardiff needs to continue to attract well-paid, skilled jobs to generate prosperity and opportunities for people to maximise their potential as citizens. The City must remain Wales’s economic powerhouse.

The movement of people is crucial in terms of supporting healthy, easily accessible communities, but also in regards to sustaining high levels of commercial activity. The creation of a top-class transportation system will represent one of the major strategic challenges facing Cardiff in the next ten years.

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The community planning partnership will:

S support the establishment and growth of small businesses and the diversification of the City’s economic base through innovative, high value industries such as Information Communication Technology, e-commerce and Green/Clean technology enterprises that will enhance Cardiff’s competitiveness in the European market place;

S promote investment in Cardiff’s ICT infrastructure to support and encourage the development of a knowledge-based economy and to enable services to be easily accessible to all;

S utilise the strong academic research base that exists in Cardiff to promote technology transfer between public and private sector organisations in a way that will accelerate local economic development and improve the quality of public services;

S make a consistent and concerted effort to generate social capital and economic activity in deprived areas, particularly through social enterprise and the implementation of European Structural Funds Objective 2 and 3 Programmes and other government support schemes;

S further develop Cardiff’s position, profile and reputation as a significant European Capital City - a world class investment location for business and major events;

S maintain and improve Cardiff’s status as one of the UK’s premier shopping centres;

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S aim to develop a sustainable and integrated transport system that will underpin Cardiff’s development as a fast-growing European Capital City. We will provide and promote opportunities to travel that ease congestion on the road system, by extending and improving cycle and pedestrian facilities and promoting the use of safe and accessible public transport.

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Sport, Leisure and Culture

Sport and culture play an important role in the health and . The improvement of existing sporting and cultural facilities is fundamental to encouraging the widest possible participation and strengthening Cardiff’s reputation as one of the UK’s foremost sporting and cultural locations.

Sport and physical activity is an essential part of the Cardiff agenda and plays an important role in the health and wellbeing, culture and economy of local communities. This is helped by the fact that Cardiff is one of the UK’s foremost sporting centres, with a range of top-class facilities including national cricket and football grounds, an Indoor Centre of Cricket Excellence, the National Indoor Athletics Centre, Cardiff Athletic Stadium, a major ice rink, and the state-of-the-art Millennium Stadium, one of the finest sports stadia in the world. The City’s sports clubs are a major source of local pride, while local sports development programmes actively foster grass roots participation and pathways to excellence through local leisure facilities, schools and the wider community.

Cardiff will utilise momentum generated during the Capital of Culture bid 2008 and our designation as a UK Centre of Culture to consolidate our position as one of Europe’s leading centres of culture. Cardiff has a growing range of facilities to support cultural activities and performers. This vibrant arts and cultural scene, powered in particular by the creative talent of our young people, reflects the diversity of the City and has established the basis of a significant cultural industry that promises much in the future.

The community planning partnership will:

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S improve health and well-being by increasing and widening participation in active recreation, leisure and sporting activities;

S seek to further Cardiff’s development as a centre of sporting excellence, based on a network of quality and accessible facilities and create sporting pathways from participation to elite for children, young people and adults;

S work to increase the opportunities for participation in cultural activities;

S maintain and develop Cardiff’s reputation as a world class events and tourism destination, and a designated Centre of Culture.

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8. PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

5th Riverside Community Development Centre Barnardo's (Ely Families Project) Women) A.A.Insurance Services Barnardo's Multicultural Resource Centre Cardiff & Vale Mental Health Development A.B.Automotive Electronics Ltd Benefits Agency Programme ABCD BEST - Black & Ethnic Minority Support Team Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust AD/HD Family Support Group-The Vale & Bethel Arts & Community Centre Cardiff & Vale Parents Federation Cardiff Bhat Sikh Sandesh Cardiff & Vale Scout Area After Adoption Working in Wales Big Issue Foundation Cardiff Aids Helpline Age Concern Cardiff & The Vale Black Voluntary Sector Network Cardiff Black Youth Forum Age Concern Cymru Boots the Chemist Ltd Cardiff Chamber of Commerce All Wales Forum for Children & People With Boys & Girls Clubs of Wales Cardiff Christian Council Learning Disabilities Breast Cancer Care Cardiff Citizens Advice Bureau All Wales Saheli Association British Deaf Association Cardiff City A.F.C Allied Healthcare (UK)Ltd British Red Cross () Cardiff City Transport Services Ltd ALMA (Association of Landlords and Managing Bro Taf Health Authority Cardiff Community Housing Association Agents) Business in the Community Wales Cardiff Cycling Campaign Alzheimers Society Butetown & Grangetown Regeneration Forum Cardiff Friends of the Earth APCOA (UK) Ltd CADMAD Cardiff Gypsy & Traveller Project Asian Woman Association Cadwyn Housing Association Cardiff Housing Link Asian Youth Forum Caerau Tenants and Residents Association Cardiff Initiative Association of Muslim Professionals Canton Mosque Cardiff Initiative Transport Group AWEMA Cardiff Institute for the Blind Canton Uniting Church AWETU Black Mental Health Group Cardiff & District NHS Trust Cardiff ITEC B.A.W.S.O.(Black Association of Women Step Cardiff & The Vale of Glamorgan Carers Cardiff Law Centre Out) Cardiff Local Health Board B.N.A. Development Project Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan Playbus Cardiff Marketing Ltd B.T.C.V.(British Trust of Conservation Cardiff Methodist Circuit Volunteers) Cardiff & Vale Coalition of Disabled People Cardiff Neighbourhood Watch Association Bangladesh Association, Cardiff Cardiff & Vale Enterprise (Business in Focus) Cardiff Parents Federation Barclay Plc Cardiff & Vale Group (Wales Assembly of

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Cardiff Patients Council Commission For Racial Equality Wales Foundation Housing Cardiff People First Community Legal Services Friendly Trust Cardiff Play Resource Centre Community Music Wales Friends of Heath Park Woodland Cardiff Police Performance Review Dept Friends of the Earth Cardiff Quaker Meeting Computers in the Community G39 Cardiff Quartet for Higher Education Connaught Road Mosque Gabalfa Community Education Centre Cardiff Residents Association Contact The Elderly (Wales) Glamorgan & Gwent Housing Association Cardiff Single Women's Housing Association Countryside Council for Wales (S.Wales Area) Glamorgan County Cricket Club Cardiff Student Community Action Crossroads Wales Caring for Carers Grangetown Community Concern Cardiff Tenants and Residents Association CURB Grangetown Residents Association Cardiff Trades Union Council Cycling Touring Club Greenbanks Homecare Cardiff United Synagogue Danybryn Cheshire House Grwp Agored Housing Association David Morgan Ltd (Taff/YWHA) Cardiff Waste Forum Daybreak Wales Habitat for Humanity Cardiff Women's Aid Debenhams plc Haemophilia Wales Cardiff Y.M.C.A. Depression Alliance Cymru Hafal (Cardiff Group) Career Paths Derwen Care Ltd Hafod Housing Association Careers Wales (Cardiff & the Vale) Diabetes UK (Cardiff Branch) Headway Cardiff Carers Forum Diabetes UK Cymru Health Promotion Wales Carers National Association (Cardiff Branch) Diocese of Llandaff Board for Social Hillview & Oakway Residents Association Caring 2000 Responsibility Hindu Association Castle Health Services Ltd Disability Wales Hindu Patel Association CBAT The Arts and Regeneration Agency Dolphin Care Agency House Builders Federation C ELWa Duke of Edinburgh Awards Imaginet Ltd Childrens Society (Wales) ECHA Microbiology Ltd Immigration Advisory Service Church Army Employment Service (Cardiff & Vale) Information Shop Church of Wales Energy Focus Innovate Trust Chwarae Teg (Cardiff) Environment Agency Wales Innovative Trust City Road Forum Ethnic Business Support Programme Ltd Institute of Logistics and Transport Clerk to the Magistrates Court Evangelical Alliance Wales Jobcentre Plus Club Shatabdi Fairbridge De Cymru K.K.Foundation Coleg Glan Hafren Forest of Cardiff Keep Wales Tidy

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KPMG North Residents Association Rhiwbina Good Neighbours L.E.T.R.A Nycomed Amersham Riverside-Canton Bangla School Landlords Forum Old St Mellons Community Council S.A.Brain & Co Ltd Leckwith Residents Association Older Lesbian Network (Wales) S.C.A (Student Community Action) Let's Play To Grow On Your Bike! Charity Appeal S.W.I.C.A. (South Wales Intercultural Lisvane Community Council Opportunity Housing Trust Community Arts) Living Proof Outreach Careline Services Safer Cardiff LLAMAU Ltd Oxfam Cymru Scarman Trust Llandaff Society Pakistan Welfare Association SCOPE Cwmpas Cymru Llanishen Good Neighbours Stores Ltd Seat West 4 Tenants & Residents Association Llanrumney Regeneration Forum Pedestrians Association Shah Jala Mosque Local Training & Enterprise of CCC Pentyrch Community Council Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Lydstep Flats Tenants & Residents Pentyrch Neighbourhood Watch Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Centre Association People in Partnerships Sikh Association South Wales M S Society Probation Service Sikh Gurdwara Cardiff M.G.M Community Action Group Promo (Cymru Wales CDA) Sisters of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Mackintosh Association for the Community Public Health Medicine Somali Development Group Madina Mosque & Community Centre Quest Supported Employment Agency Somali Progressive Association MENFA "Mentoring For All" R.T.P.I.(Cymru) South Glamorgan Council on Alcohol Minority Ethnic Women's Network (Mewn Race Equality First South Splott Residents Association Cymru) Radyr & District Good Neighbours South Wales Fire Service Morgan Cole Solicitors Radyr & Morganstown Community Association South Wales Islamic Centre MS Society Radyr & Morganstown Community Council South Wales Jewish Representative Council MSF Trade Union Rail Passengers Committee Wales South Wales Police Multicultural Crossroads Rainbow Centre Project South Wales Probation Service Multicultural Health & Information Resource Raleigh International South Wales Relate Centre Ramblers Association (Cardiff Group) Sports Council for Wales National Autistic Society Reg Braddick and Sons Splott & Tremorfa Credit Union National Museum & Gallery of Wales Rent Officer Service Splott Adventure Amateur Boxing Club NCH Cymru Options Project Retired & Senior Volunteer Programme in Sri Damais Singh Saba Gurdwara Bhatra New Opportunities Fund Wales Sri Lankan Cultural & Sports Association Newlink South Wales Rhiwbina Civic Society St Fagans Community Council NHS Cymru Wales

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St Mellons, Trowbridge & Rumney Community University Hospital of Wales Stag Group of Llanrumney Neighbourhood University of Wales College of Medicine Watches UWIC Student Recruitment & Admissions Ltd Sudanese Community Association of South Victim Support Wales Vision 21 - Cyfle Cymru Sustrans Cymru Voluntary Action Cardiff T.R.A.C Voluntary Community Service Taff Riverbank Focus Group Wales & West Housing Association Ltd Neighbourhood/Street Watch Wales & West Passenger Trains Ltd TBI Wales Assembly of Women (Cardiff & Vale) Thane Ltd Wales Tourist Board The Beacon Centre Trust Wallich Clifford Community The Boys Brigade (Cardiff & Vale) WCVA The British Council Welsh Development Agency The Community Action Network Welsh Enterprise Institute The Community Foundation In Wales Board The Girls Brigade (England & Wales) Welsh Refugee Council The Parade Community Education ESOL Service Women's Workshop The Prince's Trust - Cymru Zurich Personal Insurances The Salvation Army The Salvation Army The Samaritans The United Reform Church Thornhill Centre Tongwynlais Community Council Track 2000 Community Resource Service Transport Salaried Staff Association Tredegarville Residents Association Triangle Wales United Welsh Housing Association Unity Care

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9. COMMUNITY PLANNING IMPLEMENATION GROUP The Community Planning Implementation Group (CPIG) co-ordinates and oversees Cardiff’s community planning partnership, and supports partner organisations to implement the Cardiff Community Strategy. It consists of key partners that have agreed to develop and support the community planning process at the strategic level and ensure that the Community Strategy objectives are incorporated into the business planning processes of partner organisations. CPIG has responsibility for ensuring that targets are delivered and that the strategy is refined on an annual basis. The members are: Ms Yvonne Farmer Cardiff & Vale Coalition of Disabled People Chair Mr Steven Harries Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust Director of Development Ms Helen Conway Cardiff Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Mr Kevin Protheroe Cardiff Community Housing Association Chief Executive Cllr Russell Goodway Cardiff Council Leader of Cardiff Council Cllr Gretta Hunt Cardiff Council Deputy Leader (Youth & Communities) Mr Mike Doel Cardiff Council Chief Corporate Support Officer Mr Emyr Evans Cardiff Council Corporate Manager Mr Steven Madeley Cardiff Initiative Transport Group Chair Ms Sian Richards Cardiff Local Health Board Chief Executive Principal Edmond Fivet Cardiff Quartet for Higher Education Reverend Keith Kimber Church of Wales Mr Simon Cartwright ELWA South East Wales Senior Manager Network Development (Cardiff) Mr John Harrison Environment Agency Wales Director Mr Ian Williams Job Centre Plus District Manager Mr Jazz Iheanacho Race Equality First Chief Executive Superintendent Kevin Tumelty South Wales Police Superintendent Ms Bobbie Jones South Wales Probation Service Area Manager Ms Sara Butlin Sports Council for Wales Director Local Development Services Mr Paul Warren Voluntary Action Cardiff Director

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