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The Priorities and Catalysts for Change places where they live. More than just volunteering, it is about finding new ways in which citizens can participate in the decisions that affect their lives and take part in the design and delivery of public services. • The need for this new relationship is not just about changing public services, but it is about building more cooperative communities and realising that, for too long, our culture of dependency has stood in the way rather than supported this development. The Partnership will now seek to do things with its community rather than do things to, or for, the community. What we want to achieve Within the current service-provider model, communities are primarily thought of as recipients of services. This often seems to create greater dependency, with increasing amounts of money being spent on specialist service provision. A way to get around this is to harness the rich resources and energy that exist in communities and grow 'Barnsley's core economy' of family, friends and neighbours to work in partnership with public services and the Voluntary and Community Sector. Coproduction, or working in partnership to create something together, will require changes in behaviour. These changes should reflect the following four key principles of co-production: • Recognising people as assets. • Valuing work differently. In many ways this type of approach turns the typical way of allocating 'public' resources on its head. The role of One Barnsley will increasingly involve providing the support mechanisms to enable individuals and communities to develop an environment that promotes their own wellbeing and participation. To do this effectively the One Barnsley partners will: • be more open and outward-looking, to allow people’s experience of local life to be a key driver of activity. • be fully committed to engaging with communities, listening to citizens’ views about local priorities, and harnessing people’s knowledge, skills and enthusiasm to co-create solutions that bring benefits to all. • recognise the value of the core economy – the resources of individuals, families and social networks that sustain society. • see their role as less about fixing problems and more about facilitating solutions. • think less about the local population as passive recipients of services and more about them as agents of change. This reflects the Partnership adopting a future direction which promotes wellbeing by fostering an approach that recognises and harnesses the rich resources and energy that exists in the communities and people of Barnsley: encouraging social relationships between communities, families and citizens, and enhancing local action. • Promoting reciprocity. • Building social networks. 10 A Community Strategy for Barnsley 2011 - 2015
The Priorities and Catalysts for Change What success will look like Our approach complements current thinking in terms of public service reform, building Big Society and community empowerment, and is informed by principles of equality, diversity and co-production. Success on this change agenda will see: • resilient communities with strong social networks and active citizens taking responsibility for their own wellbeing. • vibrant democracy. • better services. Imagine a Barnsley where shared spaces - parks, community centres, villages and neighbourhoods - are a reflection of people having been inspired to get out and work together to solve problems, regenerating their physical spaces, or bringing young people together for shared activities that have resulted in strong civic spirit. . We will have moved from a position where 'people are vulnerable and we can't ask too much of them', to a position where, ‘everyone is expected to ask for help and to offer help'. None of us will necessarily know all the answers, but we will figure it out together. A low carbon future The Context In recent history extreme weather events have become more frequent. All evidence suggests that the world is warming and this is attributable to rising greenhouse gas emissions. Without action to reduce these, most notably carbon dioxide, the consequences will be severe and costly. The European Union and UK Government have committed to stretching targets for reducing carbon emissions, recognising the need for action on the causes of climate change. In order to achieve these targets, innovation is required and areas which do so will see economic benefits through the development of low carbon industries. Barnsley's contribution to meeting these targets and the innovation required to do so will help deliver a ‘Low Carbon Future’ for Barnsley. A Low Carbon Barnsley will be a borough with low carbon emissions, innovative low carbon technology, which will encourage behaviour change as well as a protected landscape and natural environment. It will provide the catalyst for a low carbon or green economy and an environment that is sustainable. Why this is important for Barnsley Action is required by all of us if an impact is going to be made to lower our carbon emissions, to achieve climate change and secure a sustainable future both locally and globally. The transition to a Low Carbon Future represents a huge challenge which will fundamentally change the way people live, the way they get around, the homes they live in and their wider environment, it also offers significant opportunities which need to be realised, such as: • The creation and application of new technologies will establish a region with new skills, namely, a low carbon or green economy. The creation of a green economy will therefore present employment opportunities and create jobs. 11 A Community Strategy for Barnsley 2011 - 2015
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