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THEMES
| Supporting Communities
Key Issue 1:
Need for more effective and structured Community Support.
Aim:
Enhance the structures and increase the effectiveness of Community Support.
| Objective: |
| Enable communities of geography, interest and identity to
become fully involved in local decision making. |
| Action |
- Utilise the Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) Community Capacity
Building Project.
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| Lead Partner |
| Derwentside District Council |
| Impact by 2010 |
- All community partnerships and Residents Associations offered
appropriate training opportunities.
- Well resourced, strong and diverse infrastructure of community
groups.
- Structures developed for all hard to reach groups to allow them to
participate in local decision making.
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| Objective: |
| Build capacity of statutory organisations to effectively
engage and support communities across Derwentside. |
| Action |
- Training and development for key personnel for District and County
Councils, PCT and Police in Community engagement. Also Joint Protocols
to be established between main public bodies in relation to community
engagement and consultation.
- SRB Community Resource Network.
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| Lead Partner |
| Derwentside District Council |
| Impact by 2010 |
- Increased numbers working in community development.
- Co-ordinated approach to supporting communities established by
organisations within this remit.
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| Objective: |
| Increase opportunities for volunteering that will contribute
to the well-being of communities across Derwentside. |
| Action |
- Expand the work of the CVS volunteer bureau in all areas of the
district.
- Develop a strategic approach to volunteering that utilises
individual talent, contributes to community life, benefits local
organisations and offers routes into paid work.
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| Lead Partner |
| Council for Voluntary Services |
| Impact by 2010 |
- Number of volunteering opportunities increased.
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