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The Suffolk Strategic Partnership (SSP) was officially created in 2001 in order to improve the quality of life of the people in Suffolk, streamline existing partnerships, and agree common aims and joint priorities and work on delivering these throughout Suffolk.

Role and Responsibilities
The primary aim of the SSP is to set the long-term vision for Suffolk, focussing on strategic issues that need to be delivered or co-ordinated at county level. The SSP complements, and is informed by, local and thematic plans with success being dependent on influence rather than authority (for example: influencing the distribution of SSP partners' mainstream resources).


By streamlining previous partnerships, the SSP aims to improve partnership working by (for example) reducing duplication of workloads and encouraging the sharing of useful information, thus promoting and increasing efficiency and effectiveness. The SSP's emphasis will be on the implementation and delivery of its vision, aims and priorities and at all times will be inclusive, community driven, and informed by local strategies. For more information on SSP membership please visit the SSP website.

Suffolk's Community Strategy
The Local Government Act 2000 placed a duty on all local authorities to draw up a Community Strategy, to promote the wellbeing of local communities. The Government advice is that this should be drawn up by a Local Strategic Partnership (LSP). LSPs are cross agency partnerships which bring together all sectors at a local level, and the SSP is considered the countywide LSP for Suffolk. There are six other LSPs in Suffolk, all of which work alongside the SSP: Babergh East, Mid Suffolk, One Ipswich, Suffolk Coastal, Waveney and Western Suffolk. All of these individual LSPs are also responsible for creating their own Community Strategies; for further information, visit the  Suffolk LSPs webpage.

After extensive consultations and research, the SSP's second Community Strategy has now been completed launched. Further information relating to the Strategy and the final version of the document can be accessed on the SSP website. This new Community Strategy will influence Suffolk's second Local Area Agreement.