Key Issues for the Partnership
'Suffolk Coastal 2021', the Sustainable Community Strategy for
Suffolk Coastal identifies ten key issues that face the district,
six of which are a priority for implementation by the Local
Strategic Partnership, and four which partnerships and
organisations are already focussing on. The Local Strategic
Partnership does not aim to duplicate their work but will support
work where it can make a real difference.
The key issues that are a priority for implementation by the Local
Strategic Partnership are:
- Access to services
- Strong, supportive communities
- Climate change and the environment
- Economy and skills
- Healthier lives for all
- Young People
The other key issues for the district are:
- Community Safety
- Coastal and estuary management
- Housing
- Support for vulnerable people to live independently in their
community
Suffolk Coastal Local Strategic Partnership is working across
agencies and sectors to deliver this Sustainable Community
Strategy. By identifying the key issues that face the
district and those issues that are a priority for implementation by
the Local Strategic Partnership, this will help direct the work of
the Partnership into areas where it believes it can uniquely make a
difference by working together. In this way the Local
Strategic Partnership aims to generate solutions to problems that
single agencies canot solve, enhance the coordination of services
across organisational boundaries and make better use of resources
by avoiding duplication and gaps in service.
Working groups of the LSP have drawn up action plans to tackle its
current key issues and meet the aims and ambitions of the
Partnership. These aims and ambitions can be seen in full in
the LSP's Community Strategy Suffolk Coastal 2021. This can
be downloaded from the following links:
Part
1
(State of the District Report 2012 - new window PDF
659kb)
Part
2 (Vision &
Priorities)
Part
3
(Delivery Plan - new window PDF
573kb)
In summary, these six priorities are:-
- Access to services
Includes addressing the problems faced by people living in rural
parts of the district, along with the ever-increasing
centralisation of specialist services, and the opportunities
presented by new technology.
- Climate change and the environment
Includes encouraging carbon reduction initiatives and energy
efficiency, and how the district and its coastal areas need to
adapt to and address the problems that climate change could
bring.
- Community development
This is about encouraging the district’s voluntary and community
groups, the so-called third sector, who play such an important role
in the daily life of much of the district.
- Economy and skills
This is about encouraging and supporting existing businesses,
attracting new well-paid jobs, and providing the skilled local
workforce to meet the job opportunities on offer.
- Health and wellbeing
includes working to encourage people to become fitter and tackle
issues that affect our more vulnerable residents.
- Young people
This is about working more closely with them so that the key
services they want are on offer and that they are better able to
look forward to a rewarding future in their home
district.