Beacon awards
Local Strategic Partnerships and Local Area Agreements
Monday 3 November 2008
Venue: Croydon
Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon.
Time: 9.30am to 3pm.
Delivering through partnership
Our approach to partnership working has led to some impressive results and has won Croydon a number of beacon and national awards.
Thanks to successful partnership work, Croydon has:
- opened Europe's first Family Justice Centre
- established successful Partnership for Older People Project (POPP) which has supported over 5,000 older people through information and advice;
- been recognised as the most enterprising borough in London
- reduced crime significantly each year for the last 5 years.
These achievements wouldn't have been possible without:
- a strong, embedded partnership ethos
- mature and trusting relationships within the partnership that are achieved through well-defined structures and strong principles of equal representation
- extensive engagement and involvement of local communities through our community network, thematic partnerships and their sub-groups
- strong ambition and focus on delivering results based on local needs
- being progressive and forward-thinking and willing to learn from experience.
Croydon's Beacon Open Day will provide you with an opportunity to learn how to develop good partnership structures and processes that ensure your partnership delivers. You will be able to access excellent practice across a range of areas including:
- engaging the business sector
- engaging the voluntary sector
- the role of political leadership
- Croydon’s approach to the new Local Area Agreement and its delivery
- how to structure your local strategic partnership for success
- preparing for Comprehensive Area Assessment.
Programme
09.30 - 10.00 Registration and coffee
10.00 - 10.30 Welcome and overview
10.30 - 11.30 Workshops round 1
11.30 - 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 - 13.00 Workshops round 2
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch and exhibition stands
14.00 - 15.00 Workshops round 3
15.00 Close
Topics covered:
- engagement of business sector
- engagement of voluntary sector
- the role of political leadership
- Croydon's approach to LAA and its delivery
- how to structure your local strategic partnership for success
- risk management
- preparing for Comprehensive Area Assessment
- Family Justice Centre - an excellent example of partnership working
- ENVIBE - example of environment in business excellence
- involving local communities through our Community Network
- successful outcomes from our Healthy Croydon Partnership
- successful outcomes from our Safer Croydon Partnership
- Business Improvement Districts
- regeneration through enterprise
- Economic Development Company.
Payment: rate for delegate £99 plus VAT
Cancellation: a full refund will be given if cancellation is received 28 days prior to the event.
