The Huntingdonshire Strategic Partnership is one of five Local Strategic Partnerships which have been set up based on each district within Cambridgeshire. The Partnership involves senior representatives from agencies including Cambridgeshire County Council, Huntingdonshire District Council, Cambridgeshire NHS, Cambridgeshire Police, local businesses and voluntary sector organisations. These agencies provide important services to the public such as health care, community safety, transport, education, environmental protection, leisure, economic development and planning.
All these agencies have teamed up to work together more effectively to tackle the ‘big issues’ in the area and improve quality of life. They do this by ‘joining-up’ their activities to make the best use of resources and sharing knowledge and expertise.
The Huntingdonshire Strategic Partnership is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring a Sustainable Community Strategy which sets out the way in which all these agencies will work together to make a difference. See below for more details.
Partnership Structure
The Huntingdonshire Strategic Partnership has recently reviewed its structure and organisation to ensure that it can deliver the Vision and Outcomes set out in the Sustainable Community Strategy. The Partnership has a Board and an Executive Group, along with six “themed groups” – one for each of the key priorities. The themed groups will bring together the relevant partners to ensure the delivery of the Sustainable Community Strategy. A partnership structure chart can be found by following the link on the right.
Huntingdonshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy
The Sustainable Community Strategy shows how we will build a better future for Huntingdonshire. It is based on a collective understanding of the current and future needs of Huntingdonshire, public consultation and the aspirations and priorities of those who live and work in the district. The Sustainable Community Strategy is available from the Linked Documents section on the right.
The strategy reflects key district, regional and sub-regional strategies, specifically the Local Development Framework which will be the delivery mechanism for the spatial elements of the strategy. A complete list of the documents that underpin the strategy can be found in the Linked Documents section on the right.
The strategy is organised under six strategic themes:
- Growth and infrastructure
- Health and wellbeing
- Inclusive, safe and cohesive communities
- Economic prosperity and skills
- Environment
- Children and young people
For each theme, a series of outcomes (what we want to achieve) and objectives (how we will go about achieving the outcomes) have been identified. These outcomes and objectives will enable the partnership to address common priorities, set clear goals and share responsibility.
Each of the strategic themes has a five year delivery plan which will detail how the outcomes and objectives will be achieved. The delivery plans will have annual targets that will be reviewed each year.
For further information, please contact Claire Sides on (01480) 388495.