Funding Round Now Open

The Lowestoft Together Board  are currently welcoming funding applications with the next deadline being 23rd February 2010. The appraisal panel will meet on 9th March 2010, with the Board making the final decisions on 23rd March 2010.

Please be aware this is the last round of funding for Lowestoft Together, with no further funding being available.

Future of Lowestoft Together

Lowestoft & District Community Boards

 

Waveney District Council and the current Lowestoft Together Board, along with Statutory Partners are currently undertaking a consultation period around the development of a wider Community Board, to include the Districts of Lowestoft.

 

Community Boards are not something new, they are an established way of allowing local people, whether it be a local resident or a Parish or Town Councillor to be involved in local decision making, allowing them to respond to local issues and concerns, thus informing service provision.

 

The scope of decision making and responsibility the Board will be identified through this consultation.

 

We need your views to tell us how you think it should look, it will be community owned and therefore should be designed with that in mind.

 

Lowestoft Together is an existing model, of a Neighbourhood Management Board covering 5 wards in Lowestoft. This has proved a successful way of delivering community empowerment, with a broad representation of community members being involved in directing funding and informing service delivery

 

Community Boards are not intended to be a ‘talking shop’ they could have responsibility for funding, through participatory budgeting for example, or they simply could just be a collective voice. Their role should not be seen as a grant making service but more of a mechanism to have a say in shaping priorities, whether this be a local Council, Police, health or education issue.

 

The need for partners to be involved will be the key to the success of the Board, most communities have more than one concern, and this inevitably means that not one single organisation will have the answer, working together with our partners means we can work much more efficiently, serving our communities in a way that means they really feel part of the process.

 

If you would like further information please e-mail Kathleen.scott@waveney.gov.uk or stuart.halsey@waveney.gov.uk Tel: 01502 523180 / 523354