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MAIDSTONE DELIVERY GROUPS
Quarter 3 update: Corporate Services
Date: 15 December 2011
Report Prepared by: Sarah Robson
1.0 Overview - Maidstone Locality Board update
Following on from the dissolution of the Maidstone Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) in September 2011, the final scoping meeting of the Maidstone Locality Board was held on 18 November 2011. Attendees discussed the role of the Locality Board, constitution, membership and future work programme, including a review of the existing LSP delivery groups. The key difference between the LSP and Locality Board will result in a greater input from county and district councillors, but with representation from the wider public sector, including Kent Police, Kent Fire and Rescue Service, NHS, the voluntary and community sector and the business community.
2.0 Delivery Groups
The five delivery groups that previously existed under the Local Strategic Partnership now report directly to the Locality Board. The groups are;
· Economic Development and Regeneration
· Environmental Quality
· Health and Wellbeing
· Local Children’s Trust
· Safer Maidstone Partnership
In early 2012, the delivery groups will be reviewed to bring them in line with the Maidstone Locality Board work programme.
3.0 Delivery Group Priorities
The following priorities have been adopted by each delivery group;
Economic Development and Regeneration
Priority: Worklessness
Focus: Young people not in employment, education or training. Develop apprenticeship, mentoring and training opportunities.
Environmental Quality
Priorities: Waste reduction, climate change and carbon reduction
Adaption
Focus: Reduce residential and business waste (organise a stakeholder event), travel plans
Health and Wellbeing
Priorities: Teenage conception, Health Weight and Healthy Eating and Mental Health
Focus: Improved awareness of positive relationships/domestic abuse, tackling obesity through nutrition and exercise and positive mental health
Local Children’s Trust
Priorities: Safeguarding, emotional and mental health, a healthy start in life, adolescent engagement
Focus: Community Budgets pilot
Safer Maidstone Partnership
Priorities: Anti social behaviour, domestic abuse, road safety (killed and seriously injured) and substance misuse
Focus: Partnership working through education, intervention and enforcement to support the priorities