A Community Strategy for Barnsley 2011 - 2015 - Barnsley Council ...

The New Community Strategy
The New
Community
Strategy
The principles
The priorities and catalysts for change
Critical to becoming a 21st century market town will be our
ability to work together to:
• grow a 21st century economy in the borough; and to
• grow a 21st century relationship between citizens,
voluntary/community groups and public sector
agencies and organisations within Barnsley.
One Barnsley has agreed that the Community Strategy for the
borough will reflect the following key principles:
• Partnership working is even more important than before,
with the role of One Barnsley crucial to this.
• One Barnsley will focus on the things it can do better
together.
• The new strategy reflects a smaller number of things that
partners will concentrate and work jointly on, over the next
4 years.
The vision
There remains a firm commitment from partners to achieving
the strategic vision for Barnsley as "A successful, uniquely
distinctive 21st century market town at the centre of a
borough that offers prosperity and a high quality of life for
all."
Achieving this vision will involve taking advantage of Barnsley's
existing assets and capabilities, developing these to make the
borough a thriving and unique place to live, work, visit and
trade; providing an imaginative public realm, arts, culture and
urban living. It will become a hub of creativity and digital
capability with a thriving green economy within the digital
region.
Work to deliver these two key priorities will ensure that in the
future we create the right environment for more private sector
growth to increase the boroughs employment levels, building
the populations skill base whilst encouraging a more
enterprising culture. We will work in partnership with the private
sector to ensure our urban centres are vibrant, pleasant and
attractive to inward investors.
We will also build strong relationships where the emphasis is on
working together and mutual support, rather than dependency
and blame. This approach will be embedded in our work with
children, young people, families and communities which will
result in more resilient communities with strong social networks
and active citizens taking responsibility for their own wellbeing.
These will be communities where people have been inspired to
get out and work together to solve problems with support from
public agencies, rather than being dependant upon them.
Both these key priorities will be delivered within the context of a
rapidly changing digital and low carbon world that offers unique
opportunities for Barnsley. The development and use of low
carbon technologies will provide opportunities to develop a
thriving green economy in Barnsley, whilst progress on the
digital agenda will not only help with the growth of a 21st
century economy, but will also support the changing relationship
between citizens and public sector organisations, through
improved connectivity and communications.
Creating a low carbon future and a 21st century digital
Barnsley will therefore be seen as Barnsley's two key "catalysts
for change" and Barnsley is currently well placed to capitalise
on both these to provide a unique competitive advantage.
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A Community Strategy for Barnsley 2011 - 2015