History of the LSP in Gloucester
The Gloucester Partnership started in 2001 and local partners decide on the full range of work for the LSP, as outlined in the first Community Strategy - Our Gloucester - Our Future, however government guidance did state some core tasks:
· prepare and implement a community strategy for the area, identify and deliver the most important things which need to be done, keep track of progress, and keep it up to date
· bring together local plans, partnerships and initiatives to provide a forum through which mainstream public service providers (local authorities, the police, primary care trusts, central government agencies and so on) work effectively together to meet local needs and priorities
· work with local authorities that are developing a local public service agreement to help devise and then meet suitable targets
· develop and deliver a local neighbourhood renewal strategy to secure more jobs, better education, improved health, reduced crime and better housing, closing the gap between deprived neighbourhoods and the rest, and contributing to the national targets to tackle deprivation
In 2007 the process of re-vamping the sustainable community strategy took place, this involved looking at previous success, learning from best practice and asking the community what they wanted. In 2008 the new strategy was launched. This can be viewed on the Sustainable Community Strategy page.