SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY 2010 - 2020 Positivepositivepeop Peoplele Pos - Positive Leadership - Positive Partnerships Foreword by the Chair
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PPositiveositive PeoplePeo ple - PPositiveos Leadership - Positive Partnerships Broxtowe Borough Partnership A Better Broxtowe OUR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY 2010 - 2020 PositivePositive PeoplePeople - PositivePos Leadership - Positive Partnerships Foreword by the Chair The”Broxtowe Borough Sustainable Community Strategy” is a long term plan for the area covered by Broxtowe Borough Council. It guides the future activity of all public, private and voluntary sector agencies operating in the area. It aims to ensure good co-ordination, best possible outcomes for local people and the most effective use of resources. This is the first Broxtowe Borough Sustainable Community Strategy which has been drawn up in parallel with the development of the higher level Nottinghamshire Sustainable Community Strategy, a document which covers the area of the whole of Nottinghamshire. By working together we are aiming to ensure our plans are consistent with each other. We are entering a period of spending constraint following a severe recession. There is bound to be a lot of change in the next decades, not least in how public services are best delivered to local people. One of the best ways we can prepare to face this challenge is by ensuring we work well with each other, understanding the needs of people in our local area and concentrating on those things which matter most and which will make the biggest difference to our communities. It is important to have this long term focus for our efforts to enable us to plan ahead to cope with significant changes to demographics and climate change, building employment opportunities and enabling the skilled workforce of the future, exercising leadership in relation to the health challenges of the population as well as rebutting threats from crime and disorder. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the development of this document. I look forward to being part of its implementation and I hope you do too. David Watts Chair of Broxtowe Borough Local Strategic Partnership and Leader of Broxtowe Borough Council PositivePositive PeoplePeople - PositivePos Leadership - Positive Partnerships What is the Broxtowe Borough Local Strategic Partnership and how is it organised? The Broxtowe Borough Partnership is a group of representatives of public sector institutions including Broxtowe Borough Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, NHS Nottinghamshire County, the Fire Authority, Police Constabulary, the Rural Community Council, further and higher education sector, representatives of the voluntary sector (the single infrastructure body for the area), the Citizens’ Advice Bureau; and a representative of the private sector. This group seeks to co-ordinate the delivery of the Broxtowe Borough Sustainable Community Strategy, ensuring all the agencies represented reflect the shared priorities of the Nottinghamshire and Broxtowe Community Strategies. The Partnership meets on a quarterly basis. There are a variety of task groups which report to the Partnership, covering the main themes and issues contained in the Strategy. These are: (QYLURQPHQWWDVNJURXS &KLOGUHQDQG<RXQJ3HRSOH·VWDVNJURXS 3RVLWLYH&RPPXQLWLHVWDVNJURXS +HDOWKWDVNJURXS 6RXWK1RWWLQJKDPVKLUH&RPPXQLW\6DIHW\3DUWQHUVKLS It is proposed to set up a theme group to focus on employment issues, but one is not currently active. The Partnership has an Operations Group to which it delegates various operational tasks. At each meeting of the Partnership a performance report is given from each task group and performance management information, collated through the Covalent software system, helps the Partnership to see whether it remains on track to achieve its goals. The partnership elects a chairman/vice-chairman every two years. The Broxtowe Borough Partnership is represented on the Nottinghamshire Partnership, which is the Local Strategic Partnership for the County of Nottinghamshire. Achievements so far There have been many significant achievements through partnership working under the first Broxtowe Borough Sustainable Community Strategy. Here are some examples: 7KHIRUPDWLRQRIWKH6RXWK1RWWLQJKDPVKLUH&RPPXQLW\6DIHW\3DUWQHUVKLSKDVOHGWRWKH reduction of crime by 30% over the last three years, during which time Broxtowe moved from 15th out of 15 in our most similar family group to 6th position. 7KH%UR[WRZH$FWLRQ)XQGZDVIRUPHGXVLQJGRQDWLRQVIURPSDUWQHUVKLSRUJDQLVDWLRQV and through this £164,000 has been distributed to local voluntary groups since 2000, in ways which advance the Sustainable Community Strategy’s objectives. 5HF\FOLQJRIKRXVHKROGUHIXVHKDVULVHQIURPWRLQ\HDUV 3DUWQHUVKDYHZRUNHGWRJHWKHUWRLGHQWLI\ZD\VRIHQFRXUDJLQJSK\VLFDODFWLYLW\DQGKHDOWK\ eating. Local health projects have been supported through choosing health funding to support creative ways of promoting health at a local level (FRWHDPVKDYHZRUNHGZLWKKRXVHKROGVVLQFH$XJXVWKHOSLQJWRUHGXFH&22 emissions per capita in Broxtowe by an average of 18.1% or 681kg of participating households per year <RXQJSHRSOHLQ%UR[WRZHZRUNHGWRSURGXFHDERURXJKZLGHTXHVWLRQQDLUHDQGDFWLRQSODQ for young people’s issues, which was funded and implemented, providing more facilities IRU\RXQJSHRSOHLQWKHERURXJK<RXQJSHRSOHKDYHJRQHRQWRODXQFKSHHUHGXFDWLRQ projects on subjects like homelessness and alcohol misuse which have received national :RUNGRQHWKURXJKWKH´SRVLWLYHFRPPXQLWLHV´JURXSWREXLOGUHODWLRQVKLSVEHWZHHQSHRSOH of different backgrounds has contributed led to a rise in the extent to which local people think recognition.that people in Broxtowe get on well with each other (from 67% to 82%) ,QYHVWPHQWLQHQYLURQPHQWDOLPSURYHPHQWVSDUWLFXODUO\LQWKHERURXJK·VWRZQFHQWUHVRI %HHVWRQ.LPEHUOH\6WDSOHIRUGDQG(DVWZRRGKDYHKHOSHGWRSURPRWHLPSURYHPHQWVLQ public satisfaction with these areas. PositivePositive PeoplePeople - PositivePos Leadership - Positive Partnerships How we developed the Broxtowe Borough Sustainable Community Strategy 2010-2020 In developing our new Broxtowe Borough Sustainable Community Strategy, we have built on the foundations laid by our previous document, the Broxtowe Community Strategy 2006- 2012. We took account of evidence derived from: 7KHFRQGLWLRQRI1RWWLQJKDPVKLUH -DQ /RFDOIXWXUHVGDWD -DQ -RLQWVWUDWHJLFQHHGVDVVHVVPHQWDQGKHDOWKSURILOHIRU%UR[WRZH 1RWWLQJKDPVKLUHFRPPXQLW\VDIHW\VWUDWHJLFDVVHVVPHQWDQG6RXWK1RWWVFRPPXQLW\VDIHW\ strategic assessment 6LQJOHHFRQRPLFDVVHVVPHQW 8SGDWHGERURXJKSURILOH GRFXPHQW 1DWLRQDODQGORFDOFRQWH[W GRFXPHQW If you want to see the supporting evidence behind the strategy and more facts and figures, you should look at these documents. We also listened and consulted – we collated, reflected on and analysed responses to consultation exercises conducted with local people the results of which, including detailed facts and figures, are contained in document 3. The key messages we think local people want us to hear and see reflected in the strategy are: &RPPXQLW\VDIHW\VKRXOGEHDKLJKSULRULW\:KLOVWFULPHUDWHVDUHLPSURYLQJSHRSOHGRQ·W feel as safe as they should feel or want to feel. 7KHUHLVWRRPXFKDQWLVRFLDOEHKDYLRXU3HRSOHGRQ·WUHVSHFWHDFKRWKHUHQRXJKDQGWKH\ need to be better informed about the way in which the police and local authorities work together to tackle anti social behaviour. <RXQJSHRSOHQHHGPRUHDFFHVVWRDUDQJHRIDFWLYLWLHVWRPDNHWKHPRVWRIWKHLUIUHHWLPH. /RFDOSHRSOHZDQWKLJKOHYHOVRIUHF\FOLQJDQGFRPSRVWLQJDQGJRRGTXDOLW\SDUNVDQGRSHQ spaces. :KLOVWSHRSOHDUHJHQHUDOO\VDWLVILHGZLWKORFDOSXEOLFVHUYLFHVWKHUHLVVFRSHWRLPSURYHWKH extent to which people feel they can influence decision making. 7KHH[WHQWWRZKLFKSHRSOHDUHVDWLVILHGZLWKSURYLVLRQLQWRZQFHQWUHVYDULHVDQGFRXOGEH improved in all areas. /RFDOSHRSOHZDQWJRRGSURYLVLRQLQWHUPVRIVWUHHWVFHQHFOHDQOLQHVVDQGJRRGURDG and pavement maintenance. Nottinghamshire Sustainable Community Strategy The members of the Local Strategic Partnership in Broxtowe have worked closely with Nottinghamshire County Council in the development of the Sustainable community strategy for the county. There is a paragraph about Broxtowe in that strategy which summarises the priorities that are set out in more detail in this document. The County Council’s strategy sets out six themes. These are: $JUHHQHU1RWWLQJKDPVKLUH $SODFHZKHUH1RWWLQJKDPVKLUH·VFKLOGUHQDFKLHYHWKHLUIXOOSRWHQWLDO $VDIHU1RWWLQJKDPVKLUH +HDOWKDQGZHOOEHLQJIRUDOO $PRUHSURVSHURXV1RWWLQJKDPVKLUH 0DNLQJ1RWWLQJKDPVKLUH·VFRPPXQLWLHVVWURQJHU Broxtowe’s Sustainable Community Strategy echoes these themes exactly, with one additional theme of housing. Links with other strategies and documents The Broxtowe Borough Sustainable Community Strategy forms a strategic framework under which other documents sit. The Council’s corporate plan is consistent with the Community Strategy and other partners’ plans will also reflect the shared priorities. The Local Development Framework is the spatial expression of the Sustainable Community Strategy. Strategies like the Housing Strategy take their cue from the Sustainable Community strategy. Contracts with government, such as the Local Area Agreement, reflect the priorities of the Sustainable Community Strategy. PositivePositive PeoplePeople - PositivePos Leadership - Positive Partnerships Broxtowe: Our History and Our Place Background The borough of Broxtowe is a very special place for those who live, work and visit here. Stretching up WKH(UHZDVKYDOOH\DQGERUGHUHGE\WKH5LYHU7UHQWZLWKHDV\DFFHVVWRWKHFLWLHVRI1RWWLQJKDPDQG Derby, covering 8055 hectares in South Nottinghamshire. Our relatively small size makes us one of WKHPRVWGHQVHO\SRSXODWHGGLVWULFWVLQWKH(DVW0LGODQGV,Q$WWHQERURXJK1DWXUH5HVHUYHZHKDYHD