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Community Conference agrees priorities for South Lakeland Strategic Partnership

 

Over eighty individuals representing 40 local organisations came together on June 19, 2009 for the annual South Lakeland Community Conference.

 

This year’s conference attracted delegates from local government, parish councils, emergency services, health, voluntary and faith groups, environment, economic development and many other sectors.

 

One of the main objectives of the day was to agree the priority issues for the LSP to tackle over the coming year. After briefings on a number of topics, delegates agreed the four issues that would be the Partnership’s priorities for the year ahead -

 

  • Tackling climate change
  • Developing Local Area Partnerships
  • Regenerating service centres
  • Finding sites for affordable housing 

 

Action planning workshops began to explore how these priorities could be tackled:

 

Preliminary Action Planning Write Up

 

The conference heard from a number of speakers about recent success stories, including activities around fuel poverty, Local Area Partnerships, older people's needs and about the overall delivery of South Lakeland Community Strategy

 

Fuel Poverty Presentation                         Fuel Poverty Report

 

Community Strategy Action Plan - Performance Report

 

 

Key data about the area was also presented ahead of the priority setting part of the conference:

 

Community Plans in South Lakeland           Community Plan Analysis

 

South Lakeland and the Local Area Agreement