Frequently Asked Questions
When is the next meeting of the Kensington and Chelsea Partnership Steering Group?
Future meetings of the Kensington and Chelsea Partnership Steering Group are advertised on the 'meetings and minutes' section of our website. See the Minutes and Meetings page.
Are the meetings of the Kensington and Chelsea Partnership Steering Group held in public? Can I attend?
All meetings of the Steering Group are held in public, which means anyone can attend and observe. To find out more about future meetings visit the Minutes and Meetings page. Alternatively please email us at: info@kcpartnership.org.uk
How are the Community Strategy and Local Area Agreement developed?
The Community Strategy, titled 'The Future of Our Community', is an over arching statement of priorities in the local area for the organisations and sectors involved in the Kensington and Chelsea Partnership. It draws on other more detailed plans and strategies that are developed within these organisations and provides some headline goals which the Partnership wants to achieve within the next ten years. The strategy is developed by consulting each of the organisations within the Partnership, local residents and businesses in the borough to determine what the headline goals should be, and to identify detailed aims and objectives which will help to deliver these goals.
The Community Strategy is accompanied by 'A Picture of Our Community', which contains detailed research, facts and figures that support the headline goals. The strategy is also accompanied by a delivery plan, titled 'Delivering for Our Community', which shows specific performance indicators against each of the aims and objectives within the strategy that will track the progress towards meeting the headline goals.
The Local Area Agreement is known as a set of targets which show how the Partnership is delivering it’s priorities in the local area. In Kensington and Chelsea, the Local Area Agreement is 'Delivering for Our Community', since this is the delivery plan for the Community Strategy which sets out the Partnership’s priorities in the local area. 'Delivering for Our Community' consists of ‘designated targets’, which are those targets the Partnership negotiated with Government and ‘local targets’, which are those targets partners negotiated amongst themselves. As with the community strategy, 'Delivering for Our Community' was developed by consulting each of the organisations within the Partnership to determine what measures should be used to track progress in delivering the Community Strategy.
The Partnership will publish an annual progress report against the indicators in 'Delivering for Our Community', and will review those targets negotiated with Government every six months. The Partnership will review the Community Strategy in three years time to make sure that the headline goals still represent current priorities.
The most recent versions of 'The Future of Our Community' and 'A Picture of Our Community' were published in December 2008. 'Delivering for Our Community' was published in April 2009. All publications, including previous Community Strategies and the first Local Area Agreement, can be viewed on the Publications and documents page.
How can I get involved in the work of the Partnership?
The Kensington and Chelsea Partnership run public events and consultations to gage opinions and inform the development of the Community Strategy, Local Area Agreement and any other important pieces of work. Information about public events and consultations will be posted on the Kensington and Chelsea Partnership home page.
Where can I get copies of the Community Strategy and Local Area Agreement?
All publications can be viewed in the Publications and documents page.
If you would like a hard copy of any of these publications please call 020 7361 3671 or email us at: info@kcpartnership.org.uk
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