Community Cohesion Strategy and Action Plan Community Cohesion

Community Cohesion Strategy and Action Plan Community Cohesion Strategy g drive

Strategy development n n n Pre event questionnaire Visioning event – 9 May 2007 Feedback from IDe. A, 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 2

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

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

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

Key outcomes n n 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 6

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

Strategic priorities n See handout Community Cohesion Strategy g drive 8

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

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

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

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

Strategic objective: Education and Awareness Raising Sub theme: Training and support for staff Action Measure Target 1. Develop information leaflet Leaflet produced Leaflet distributed £ 7 k [source not All staff/ Agencies identified] WCBC 2. Training session developed and implemente d Session plan agreed LSB frontline staff and induction sessions LSB training officers and cohesion officer WCBC Sessions delivered Resources Lead organisation Community Cohesion Strategy g drive Timescale July 2008 Sept 2008 Oct 2008 January 2009 13

Strategic objective: Integration Sub theme: Develop toolkit to facilitate community based integration activities Action Measure 1. Develop integration toolkit Toolkit developed in pilot area Target Resources Lead organisation Timescale £ 7, 000 Caia Park Partnershi p March 2008 Toolkit disseminate d across County Borough WCBC October 2008 Monitor, review and amend WCBC March 2009 Community Cohesion Strategy g drive 14

Timescale n n n 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 15

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