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Lambeth Cooperative Park Management Proposals Lambeth Cooperative Parks Programme Information Booklet 1 Foreword Lambeth has 60 wonderful parks and green spaces which for many people without private gardens, provide a haven that contributes to people’s enjoyment of living, working, and visiting Lambeth. This is shown with the different activities such as picnics and outdoor events held throughout the year. Examples include a wide range of sporting activities and events, dog-walking, picknicking, or simply relaxing in the open air. We can see that the natural environment can act as a rehabilitative safe space for people to escape from the hustle and bustle of inner city living and enjoy their natural surroundings. However we also know that we are living in a changing environment, one in which we must find up to £100million of savings by 2016, representing 45% of the Council’s controllable budget. Where public services should aim to grow and achieve more for the wider community, and one where Lambeth residents should have the opportunity to have more of a say in what happens and what is delivered in their parks. This Cooperative Parks Programme is the first step towards meeting this challenge. It shows how instead of accepting that we should do less with what we have available, we have opted to be more inventive and to reinvigorate our parks service. Looking at our many active and enthusiastic park users, friends, and community groups, it is clear that we have a great foundation already and history shows us how community involvement in the way parks are run and how services are delivered can be hugely successful. The purpose of this booklet is two-fold: it looks to the future and proposes a new vision for the service, including three different cooperative service models that support greater local involvement in decision-making; it also sets the scene and provides detailed information about our current parks service, including budgets and investment. We hope this information will help you decide how involved you would like to be in the future of our parks and open spaces. Together, we could build upon the progress and achievements made through the years of Lottery Investment, Green Flag Awards, and new gardening projects and begin to shape, design, and deliver a more ambitious vision for our park services that gives you more control and say. I am very pleased to lead this Cooperative Parks Programme and ask you to please read this booklet and fill in the accompanying Cooperative Parks Questionnaire to help us deliver a thriving parks service for everyone. Cllr Sally Prentice Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure 2 Executive Summary Lambeth Council currently manage and maintain the borough’s 60 parks and open spaces. We make sure parks and open spaces are safe, clean, and well maintained. We also manage and deliver a range of improvement or development schemes as well as support the excellent work of local community and friends groups who deliver on behalf of local residents. Cuts in central government funding means that the parks and open spaces budget has to save £400,000. The need to save money challenged everyone to think differently about he we maintain and improve our excellent parks. Instead of stopping or reducing services, this Cooperative Parks Programme was developed to meet this challenge. Instead of stopping or reducing services, we have set an ambitious vision for our parks that aims to transform how we work to support cooperative management and greater local involvement in service provision. Our first step is to test this vision. There is no one size fits all approach but as a guide we have suggested three levels of how our parks might be run: • Council-led management: traditional Council managed approach; limited community involvement • Cooperative management: setting up a representative partnership between the Council, community, councillors, and other partners who jointly make decisions about their local park or open space • Community-led management: community-led group/s is/are responsible for managing the park or facility and the services delivered; the Council adopts a monitoring role Supporting communities to have more say in decisions on their local park or open space will include developing an investment plan that clearly shows where physical improvements or developments are needed so we can prioritise and plan projects as money becomes available. Overall, this transformation programme will promote change in accountability and support a stronger focus on value for money and transparency that will lead to delivering clear outcomes and benefits for everyone who visits our parks. To achieve this vision we have to work together. The Cooperative Parks Information Booklet lays the foundation for this journey and we invite you to send through your views. 3 Lambeth Parks and Green Spaces: An Introduction Parks and open spaces improve our physical and psychological health, strengthen our communities, and make our neighbourhoods more attractive places in which to live, work, and visit. Our vast array of green open spaces are fantastic assets for the borough and ensuring they remain this way amidst challenging financial circumstances takes effort. As a borough, we know that we have to find increasing levels of savings by 2016, whilst maintaining our high standard of services. However, we also know the value placed on our parks and green spaces, proved time and time again, most recently through the Lambeth Residents Survey which revealed 78% of our residents rate our parks and green spaces as good or excellent. Therefore, instead of accepting to do less with a smaller budget, we want to build on our service and try and do something different. By looking at our parks differently we could be more ambitious and create opportunities for more environmental education programmes, support more training and employment for disadvantaged groups, and focus on public health by transforming underused parks into healthy food growing spaces and community gardens. We could support greater involvement of our many active and enthusiastic friends of parks groups, management advisory committees, and different communities. We could be more transparent and plan with you how and where new improvements are built in our parks. These ambitions have driven us to this point. To setting a vision for the future of our parks that includes the development of three different models of cooperative management in parks that support greater local involvement in decision-making, which are outlined in this booklet. To help you understand what we do and deliver on an everyday basis, we have also included: • our current arrangements • detailed and transparent financial information and budgets • a profile on capital investment in parks and plans for the future This will give us lots to talk about. However we think our parks and green spaces are worth it and see the future being one that recognises their potential. This booklet is the start of that journey. The beginning of us finding out your views on the future vision for parks, including our proposals for cooperative management and involvement. We hope this information will help you decide where and how involved you would like to be in the future of our parks and open spaces. 4 Lambeth Parks and Green Spaces: A Vision for the Future We need to agree a vision that is aspirational and captures all the major contributions that parks and green spaces can make across a number of themes, including: • improving public health • improving mental health • stronger communities • stimulating local economy • improving the environment • safer communities • increased learning, training, and employment • developing local businesses • higher quality facilities • cooperative working and community involvement (see pages 5-8) Based on these themes, we have proposed the following vision for the service which we are seeking your views on in the accompanying Cooperative Parks Questionnaire: ‘All residents will have access to an attractive park and open space where they can enjoy and create opportunities to engage in leisure, heritage, and sports and learn new skills.’ 5 Lambeth Parks and Green Spaces: Cooperative Management 1. What is cooperative management? The term ‘cooperative management’ describes a situation where instead of the Council providing parks management and maintenance services in the manner it always has, the emphasis is shifted towards joint decision-making. This could lead to a different approach where the Council, councillors, and local people come together to make decisions jointly on where money is spent and on what. 2. Why are we doing this? We want to better understand what your priorities are and find new ways of meeting them. We also recognise that we are not necessarily always the best placed to make decisions and want to ensure that you have the opportunity to be involved in the decisions that impact upon you. 3. What will be the main changes with cooperative management? The Council currently provides services by carrying out research, developing proposals, and consulting with the public. As part of a more cooperative approach, we would involve you at the outset to understand what the local need is, what services would best address that need, and how we could best make that happen. Decisions regarding your local space would be made together and to help us do so, we will be more open about what resources we have available. 4. Has this been done before? Lambeth is fortunate to have several Management Advisory Committees and Friends Groups already established that feed in or deliver local services – particularly in parks and green spaces. For example, the Lorn Road Allotments Management Advisory Committee already work cooperatively by managing the site (including holding regular meetings with allotment holders) and ensuring its everyday effective administration. The Council still retains certain key functions and ownership of the land and is responsible for duty of care of the site.
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