What is a Community Strategy?
The Community Strategy has been developed by Hertsmere Together, the Local Strategic Partnership, in consultation with other relevant service providers. Below is an explanation of what the strategy is and aims to deliver.
Many of the important issues facing Hertsmere, such as crime and disorder or the provision of affordable housing, are problems that cannot be tackled fully by one single organisation. The Community Strategy was developed as a framework to enable local organisations to work together to address these issues more effectively and efficiently.
The Community Strategy prioritises the most important issues facing Hertsmere across five agreed strategic objectives. Each strategic objective has an accompanying action plan (produced as a separate document) which detail how these issues will be tackled through partnership working. Partnership working can take many forms such as the increased co-ordination of services, the pooling of budgets and the sharing of resources.
The Community Strategy has been developed by Hertsmere Together, the Local Strategic Partnership, in consultation with other relevant service businesses, and the wider general public. This, combined with statistical evidence, ensures that the strategy reflects local needs and aspirations.
Hertsmere Together's Community Strategy aims to:
- provide a long-term vision for the future of Hertsmere
- provide a means of joining-up local services and improving partnership working
- reflect Hertsmere's needs and aspirations
- identify gaps in the provision of local services
- provide a means of tackling cross-cutting issues
- provide a means of identifying resources to address the needs of Hertsmere
Download a copy of Hertsmere Together's Community Strategy (PDF)