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Key issues for the Partnership

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.

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