Background Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) or ‘partnership of partnerships’ for Newcastle

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Background

Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) or ‘partnership of partnerships’ for Newcastle

Established in 2001 Key decision makers from all four sectors

- Public - Private - Voluntary - Community

Working together to make Newcastle a great north city

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Role Community Strategy ‘social, economic and environmental well being’

The Newcastle Plan 2004 – 2007 Local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy


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Newcastle Partnership Board 9 Public Sector 3 Private Sector 3 Voluntary Sector 3 Community Sector

Collaborative working across sectors combining and targeting resources effectively to meet

locally identified needs


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Delivery Structure

Safe Newcastle Partnership Children and Young People’s Strategic

Partnership Well Being and Health Prosperous Newcastle Newcastle Learning Partnership Environment Transport Creativity Housing


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Cross-cutting Themes Communications Equalities Community Cohesion

Sub-groups Neighbourhood Renewal Target Communities East End Partnership


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Newcastle Partnership Team Director Partnership Co-ordinator Policy Officer Marketing & Communications

Officer Administrator


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Resources

Newcastle Partnership collective budgets in excess of £1,500m

Neighbourhood Renewal Fund - £25.6m over 5 years (2001 – 2006) - £15.4m over next 2 years (2006 – 2008)

Safer Stronger Communities Fund Building Safer Communities – £385k Drug Strategy Partnership Support Grant – £71k Neighbourhhod Element - £412k Community Empowerment Network Core funding - £200k


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2007 and beyond

Sustainable Communities Strategy ‘plan of plans’

Local Area Agreement (LAA) Agreement between Government, the local

authority and its partners (the LSP) Improve the way local partners work together Bring new creative solutions to longstanding

problems Simplify funding streams from central

governmentWorking together to make Newcastle a great north city

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Local Area Agreement (LAA) 4 Blocks

Children and Young People Healthier Communities and Older People Safer and stronger communities Economic Development

Timescales First draft to GONE by September 2006 Operational from April 2007


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Scrutiny and LSPs ODPM consultation paper “LSPs: Shaping

their future” highlights need for;

“effective and transparent and accountable governance and scrutiny arrangements for LSPs to enable partners to hold each other

to account and local people to hold the partnership to account”


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Scrutiny

GONE – Annual Performance Assessment - Partnership Working - Outcomes against NRF targets - Improvement Planning

Scrutiny Management Committee - Local Area Agreement (LAA)


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Contact Details

Kehri EllisDirector Newcastle Partnership

Room 3 Civic CentreNewcastleNE1 8PR

0191 277 7050

kehri.ellis@newcastlepartnership.org.ukwww.newcastlepartnership.org.uk


Background Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) or ‘partnership of partnerships’ for Newcastle

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