29 July 2008

1. Item 3 Narrowing the Gap Proposition to LSP Delivery Group July 2008 Kersten England/Andrew Pitts 29 July 2008

2. Basic Premise • Narrowing the Gap remains a key commitment of all Partners within the LSP • NTG to be embedded in strategy, planning and performance management • For the Borough (LAA) • For organisations (Corporate Plans) • For services (business plans) • For individuals (performance appraisal)

3. Five Dimensions • Making the Case • Approach • Focus • Resources • Timelines

4. 1. Making the Case • Emphasis on Prosperity of the whole Borough • Economic • Social • Environmental • Emphasis on Personalisation and Choice Customer/User/Citizen • Emphasis on independence, self reliance, responsibility

5. Examples • Work on skills acquisition with NEETS – labour market supply, decreased benefit dependency, increased local revenue and spend • Early targeted interventions with groups susceptible to development of chronic health conditions (chronic heart disease, respiratory, diabetes etc) - Getting upstream on costs of care, decreased benefit dependency

6. Examples • Tackling disproportionate involvement of young people from specific communities in anti-social behaviour - Reduction in fear of crime reduces isolation, increases perceived safety and usage of public space including town and village centres, boosts night time economy etc

7. Examples • Provision of affordable housing in rural areas - Sustainable communities - Retention of local labour - Resilient housing market

8. 2. The Approach • Equitable access to appropriate services consultation/engagement/needs assessment market research/market penetration co-design personalisation and choice equality impact assessments

9. 2. The Approach (cont’d) • Tackling differential outcomes Targeted specific interventions Review and Redesign of provision • Building a solid evidence base demographics socio-economic locality specific – SOA level community of interest specific trends data

10. 2. The Approach (cont’d) • Embed in planning and performance management - LAA blocks - Corporate organisational priorities - Business units - For individuals

11. 3. Focus • Each thematic partnership reviews NTG dimension of indicators within total set of 198 which relate to their activity • Priorities drawn from 33 indicators for safer and stronger, children and young people, healthier communities and older people, environment and economy • Identification of shared priorities • Reflected in action plan for indicator delivery • Reflected in associated strategies

12. 4. Resources for Delivery • Base, Area Based Grant, other external funding streams, income/additional revenue • Policy, Equality, Cohesion, Community Engagement, VCS, specific responsibilities and contributions • Equality Frameworks (eg Equality Standard for Local Government) and Comprehensive Area Assessment • Embedded within all workloads.

13. 5. Timelines for Delivery/Impact • Short - Transform approach to access to services - embed NTG within Borough planning and performance management

14. 5. Timelines for Delivery/Impact (cont’d) - Enhanced engagement and involvement of communities of interest and locality. - Some safer, cleaner, greener, stronger agendas

15. 5. Timelines for Delivery/Impact (cont’d) • Medium - Education and Skills

16. 5. Timelines for Delivery/Impact (cont’d) • Long Term Requiring significant societal change/behaviour/ lifestyle changes/infrastructure investment Health Housing

17. Proposition The Golden Thread

18. Proposition • Each thematic partnership identify NTG focus • Supported by shared development of policy and best practice via LSP research and intelligence hub (new) • Supported by skills expertise from VCS, equality and engagement facilitators

19. Timescales • By December 2008 each thematic partnership to have developed case and action plans for NTG within delivery of LAA2.