| STRATEGIC: Effective, representative & capable
of playing a strategic role |
| Partnership Conference to launch Community Strategy across
the Partnership. |
Completed. Launch event held early in April 2003. First progress
event will be held in 2004. |
| Terms of Reference & Membership of Partnership Board to
be reviewed, including potential introduction of all Spoke Chairs. |
Completed. Membership increased. All Chairs now represented.
Current membership attached (Annex A) |
| Terms of Reference & Membership of Partnership Spokes to
be reviewed. All relevant public sector organisations engaged. |
Completed and new representatives engaged, where relevant.
Current memberships of Spokes attached (Annex B). |
| Person specification and role description to be produced for
all members of Partnership Board and Partnership Spokes. |
Completed. Agreed by Partnership Board at meeting on 19 June.
Distributed to all existing and new members. |
| Establish Strategic Housing Partnership within LSP structures,
and agree formalisation through Partnership Board. |
Completed. Now formally within Partnership structure. Current
membership attached (Annex B). |
| Nomination process for voluntary/community sector on Partnership
Board & CDIP agreed and implemented. |
Completed. Four representatives elected to Board and four representatives
to CDIP (see Annexes A and B). |
| Voluntary/community sector representation on Partnership spokes
reviewed and developed, where appropriate. |
Representation reviewed during review of Terms of Reference.
Additional representation to be agreed, if appropriate. |
| Build delivery of Spoke Action Plans & Breakthrough Projects
into implementation of Communications Strategy (see also below). |
Completed. New newsletter regularly reports progress on Spoke
priorities and breakthrough projects. |
| Build delivery of Community Strategy & Spoke Action Plans
into LSP Learning & Development Plan. |
Completed through development of Autumn events programme. Notes
and actions from Partnership Board away-day (16 October) and
Spoke Chairs/Managers away-day (05 November) attached (Annex
C and D). |
| Ambassadors for Rotherham established to raise Rotherham’s
profile regionally and nationally, and attract investment. |
Launch event held 16 October. Regular communication through
Partnership newsletter. Development programme underway. |
| Role of Partnership Office to be kept under review in line
with evolving role of LSP. |
Role reviewed and agreed by Partnership Board at last away-day
(Annex C). Future funding for Partnership currently being explored
through Chief Executive Officer Group. |
| INCLUSIVE: Actively involves all the key players,
including the public, private, community and voluntary sectors |
| Voluntary sector (Network of Partnerships – now Voice)
and community sector (Network of Partnerships) networks in place
(see also below). |
Completed. Networks in place and being developed. Community
Empowerment Plan 2004 to build on earlier work. |
| Review impact of private sector involvement, building on work
carried out by Rotherham Chamber of Commerce. |
Consultancy project complete. Identified need for Business
Broker. Potential funding for Business Broker being explored. |
| Implement Communications Strategy, including PR, production
of printed publications and promotional material and website. |
Strategy implemented. PR and design consultants appointed.
Website developed and implemented (www.rotherhamnow.co.uk). First
newsletter developed and distributed (enclosed) to be two-monthly
in future. Promotional material produced (e.g. exhibition stand & leaflet
for Rotherham Show). |
| Complete the Compact and launch. Co-ordinated approach to consultation
agreed within LSP as part of developing Compact. |
Compact endorsed by Partnership Board at meeting on 11 September
(enclosed). Launched in 01 October. Compact Codes of Practice
to be endorsed by Partnership Board at meeting on 11 December. |
| SRB3 Conference to examine next steps held and actions developed. |
Conference held in March. Actions being developed. |
| Partnership Office to communicate the messages more widely
to effectively engage all sectors. |
Representation at Rotherham Show in September to communicate
messages more widely to general public. Open Day held on 17 October
to communicate messages to partners and wider stakeholders. Regular
communication to partners through Partnership newsletter. |
ACTION FOCUSED: Established genuine common priorities/targets & agree
actions and milestones
PERFORMANCE MANAGED: Aligned member performance
management systems, aims and objectives to the LSP |
| Establish clearer baseline information particularly for priority
neighbourhoods as part of Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy. |
Baseline information produced at neighbourhood level through
the Neighbourhood Statistics Project, funded through SRB. |
| Develop Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy target areas, establish
local issues, local targets and actions to address. |
Strategy on target for completion in March 2004, with all partner
engagement in the process. |
| Review Neighbourhood Renewal commissioning and monitoring procedures,
as part of strategy review. |
NRF current spend is being reviewed with a view to aligning
future spend with Strategy priorities (see above). |
| Partnership Spokes to finalise and agree Spoke Action Plans.
Actions from Community Plans to be built into Spoke Action Plans.
Performance indicators to be developed and refined. |
Spoke Action Plans being developed. Strategic indicators are
still to be agreed for exception reporting to Partnership Board. |
| Partners to agree a performance management system that allows
the LSP to monitor performance across the Community Strategy. |
Partners agreeing a Performance Management Framework for reporting
on the Community Strategy and PSA indicators. Consultation on
draft underway. Draft suggests exception reporting to the Board
in July and December (twice yearly) with more regular reporting
at Partnership Spoke level. |
| Partners to complete process of planning and budgetary alignment
from Community Strategy to partner agency planning. |
This is an on-going process that is being taken forward through
the Partnership Board. |
| EFFICIENT: Reduces, not adds to, the bureaucratic
burden |
| Review of linkages with other partnerships to be completed
as part of Terms of Reference reviews (see above) |
Completed. More partnerships now formally linked to LSP to
minimise duplication and ensure increased joint working. |
| Effectiveness of LSP structure to be reviewed by Board and
Spokes as part of their away-days and review of Terms of Reference
(see above) |
Completed. Terms of Reference of Board and Partnership Spokes
reviewed. Changes made, where considered necessary. |
LSP
will facilitate relevant discussions with stakeholders to encourage
constructive dialogue with Government.
|
Informal review meeting held with Government Office in September.
Formal review meeting with Board in December. |
| LEARNING & DEVELOPMENTAL: Builds on best practice
from successful partnerships |
| Complete Learning & Development Plan for building knowledge
and skills across the LSP. Ensure Spoke Chairs/Managers, and
members, have knowledge and skills to build Driving Principles
into delivery. |
First phase of programme developed: Partnership Board away-day,
16 October; Spoke Chairs/Managers away-day, 05 November; Member
Development half-days, 17-19 December; follow-up Spoke Chairs/Managers
away-day, 20 February 2004. Member Handbook being developed and
will be circulated to all members at the Member Development half-days.In
addition, the Partnership Office will be developing a “Learning
Lunch” programme which will include monthly one hour seminars
on current big issues/programmes, which all Partnership members
will have the invitation to attend. |
| Visits to other LSP’s to be arranged and website developed
for sharing learning and developing good practice. |
LSP Director attends sub-regional networking meetings, organised
by South Yorkshire Forum. LSP Director also attends regional
networking meetings organised by Government Office.In addition,
the Director occasionally visits other LSPs (e.g. forthcoming
visit to Bradford Vision on 15 January 2004) and has started
to involved all team in sharing experiences with some of the
best performing LSPs (e.g. visit to Liverpool First took place
on 19 September).The Director has also agreed with Government
Officer for a writer from “Writing Renewal” project
to work with Partnership to write up case studies of good practice
to put on website. |
| Support package produced for voluntary and community members
of LSP by Voluntary Action Rotherham. |
Package being developed as part of Community Empowerment Plan
2003-04. Next year’s plan is currently being developed
through the Community Development and Involvement Partnership
Community Empowerment Networks. |
| Website development will include consultation documents, useful
information and good practice examples. |
Website up and running, and will be further developed, future
resources depending. |