Report - London Borough of Hillingdon

WORKING OF THE LOCAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP – HILLINGDON
PARTNERS: PLANS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS
1. The suggested theme for the next meeting on 22 November is that
the Committee review the work of the Local Strategic Partnership in
relation to the community and voluntary sector.
2. Key questions would be around the engagement of community and
voluntary sector and accountability to the public.
3. Relevant to this are some of the initiatives described in the paper on the
Working of Hillingdon Partners that was presented to the Committee’s
last meeting (copy attached as annex A). This describes plans for rolling
out Local Area Agreements and the new Neighbourhood Partnerships
that went live in June this year. The latter have met monthly to deal with
problems in Uxbridge and Hayes. The impact of these developments
on partnership working and the work of the LSP could be explored.
4. Potential witnesses might be:
5. A representative from Hillingdon Association of Voluntary Service
(HAVS)
6. A representative from Disablement Association Hillingdon (DASH)
7. A representative from Connecting Communities or a similar organisation
involved with ethnic and faith communities.
8. A representative from a local Community Forum
9. Representatives from local residents groups – possibly one from the
south and one from the north of the borough
10. A representative from an organisation connected with young people in
the Borough.
11. Lead Council Officer and Police representative for the Neighbourhood
Initiative.
12. The Committee might consider having a round-table discussion with
some or all of these witnesses. Suggested questions to discuss would
be prepared in advance.
Possible visit
13. At the last meeting, the Committee decided to defer a decision on
whether to visit a good practice authority and meanwhile to make use of
available information on LSP good practice.
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