Partnership Working - onwards and
upwards!
An
independent Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)
review of the WDSP has concluded that we are on the right track for
delivery of our Community Strategy!
In their final
presentation the review team said: "The reorganization of the LSP, the
creation of the SOGs, and the energy and commitment generated has been a
major step forward and provides a solid base for delivering the
Sustainable Community Strategy and working within the LAA."
They highlighted the need for better communication in the partnership
and the development of a better performance management system to help to
know whether we are making a difference in the District. Further work
in the New Year will be led by the WDSP Executive Group to help us address
this.
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Culture
Conference - Book the Date
Winchester City Council is co-coordinating a conference designed to
help you shake off the Christmas overload of television repeats and truly
unwanted gadgets from I Want One of Those.com. Join us for
an inspiring morning of presentations and workshops at our first ever
'culture conference', and share your own bright ideas as we chart the
direction of the Winchester District over the coming 5 years. The
event will take place on Wednesday 21st January 2009 at the Winchester
Discovery Centre on Jewry Street, from 10am until 1pm and will
be followed by a networking lunch. More details will follow
soon, but please put the date in your diary today. And let us know
NOW if there's anything you would particularly like to see on the
agenda.
More information is
available from Eloise Appleby, Head of Cultural Services, Winchester
City Council tel 01962 848 181, email eappleby@winchester.gov.uk
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Taking Action to Tackle Climate
Change
Winchester Action on Climate
Change (WinACC) - which is working to encourage, advise
and persuade every 
individual, household and organisation in
Winchester district to measure and take steps to reduce their carbon
footprints - has successfully launched its membership scheme. One of
the first people to sign up for WinACC and publish his family's carbon
footprint on the WinACC website was Simon Eden, Chief Executive of the
City Council. WinACC is also working closely with the City Council and the
WDSP to develop the High Quality Environment action plan for Winchester
district. A major part of this plan will be a new Climate Change
Action Plan which it is hoped will build on, update and replace the City
Council's existing Climate Change plan.
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A Helping Hand for Parish
Plans
Winchester City
Council and Hampshire County Council joined forces recently with East
Hampshire District Council to help communities in the two districts
progress their parish
plans.
A total of eight parishes sent representatives to a surgery event, where they met with officers of the three councils and other LSP partner organisations such as ACE to take forward ideas and projects emerging from their parish plans. The event is part of the ongoing support for community-led plans from the WDSP and its individual partner organisations.
More details can be found on the City
Council's website.
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First annual Sports
Awards
The Winchester District Sport and Physical
Activity Alliance (SPAA) held its first annual sports awards at Winchester
Guildhall on Tuesday 9th December. Local Olympic star, Julia Beckett, was
on hand to present the awards alongside the Mayor of Winchester, Cllr
Michael Read.
For further information visit www.wdsp.co.uk/spaa/winchester_district_sports_awards/
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Strategic Assessment
The
Winchester Community Safety Partnership has completed its strategic
assessment 2008. Its aim is to provide an updated assessment of
current, emerging and long term crime and disorder trends affecting the
Winchester district.
The strategic assessment report was completed at the end of
November 2008 and the outcomes will be used to inform the priorities for
2009/2010. The draft Executive Summary of the full report is available on
the Partnership website and the full report will be published in February
2009. To find out more please follow this link: http://www.wdsp.co.uk/communitysafety/strategic_assessment/
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Launch of Pilot
Alcohol Services Hampshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) is launching pilot alcohol services across the County this month. Alcohol is a factor in one in every 16 NHS hospital admissions and in 12% of all recorded crimes in Hampshire. It is also the single common factor in many of the policing and community safety problems faced by Hampshire's local councils and police service on a daily basis. Hampshire PCT is committed to working with its partners, such as Hampshire County Council, local authorities and Hampshire Police, to ensure new and better services are in place across the county to help people who misuse alcohol. |
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LSP Peer
Review - Findings and Recommendations In October, the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) were invited to undertake a peer review of the WDSP. This involved a review team of 5 talking to partners, looking at a self assessment written by the Executive Group and comparing our achievements to a national benchmark. On the 6th November, the team came back to give a short presentation on their findings. You can download their slides here. They will also be sending us a written report which will be shared with the WDSP once it is finalised. |
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Have you got an issue you want
discussed? Do you or your partnership have something which you would like the WDSP to discuss? Do you have a project to help the deliver the Community Strategy which needs the support of other organisations? The five strategic outcome group of the WDSP can help you. Use our online form to tell us what help you need, and the WDSP will have it on their agenda at the next available opportunity. |
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Looking for funding? If you are looking to bring in extra funds into your organisation, don't forget to search on Open4Community, the grants website for the Winchester District. Registration is free and it gives you information on a whole range of local and national grants available to you. |
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Find out what's going on in the
WDSP You can read the notes and agendas of all WDSP meetings by following the links on our homepage. |
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