Calderdale Forward Special Board Meeting 13 December 2007 NEW LOCAL AREA AGREEMENT: Context and Next Steps.

Calderdale Forward Special Board Meeting 13 December 2007

NEW LOCAL AREA AGREEMENT:

Context and Next Steps

Where are we now?• LAA signed off March 2007• 36 outcomes under 6 Future Plan Themes• 92 performance indicators, including 20 mandatories,

and 14 reward targets• Overall good progress being made• Some concerns mainly around perception and

behavioural measures

New LAAs: Where we need to be

• Identify “up to 35 priorities” to be drawn from the new 198 National Indicators Set+ 16 statutory education and early years targets

• Agree stretch performance on our “up to 35” • Able to measure all 198 indicators for area

assessment• Decide what “local” targets (if any) we want in our

LAA• Start negotiation with Government Office from now

until end of May• Achieve LAA sign off by June 2008

National Indicator SetExamples

• NI 35 Building resilience to violent extremism

• NI 36 Protection against terrorist attack

• NI 11 Engagement in the Arts

• NI 14 Avoidable Contact: The average number of customer contacts per received customer request

How do we get there?• Build on current LAA• Consider how the existing “story of place”

reflects our ambitions and major issues? – feedback from Theme Partnerships

• Look at the 36 priority outcomes in our current LAA to check reflect ambition, underperformance and Government priorities

• Identify indicators to reflect our story of place and priorities

Next Steps• Seek broad agreement on Calderdale’s story of place• Affirm any changes to the current list of priority

outcomes for the New LAA• Seek proposals regarding the 35 indicators from the

198 NIS• Develop a first draft story of place and draft priority

indicators in January• Bring back to Board meeting 23 January

Key Issues for the Board

• What changes, if any, are required in our “story of place”?

• Is there an impact on the wording of our current 36 priority outcomes?

• Are there any new issues to be covered in our priorities?

• How does the 198 NIS fit within our priorities?

Story of Place – Everyone Different – Everyone Matters

Identifies 3 areas for improvement:

• Safeguarding Calderdale’s future

• Fostering economic prosperity

• Narrowing the Gap

Economy & Enterprise• Location – Leeds City Region• Skills• Worklessness• Growth Sectors• Natural & Built Environment

Environment• Affordable housing• Transport• Climate Change• Waste minimisation /recycling

Safer & Stronger• Crime levels• Fear of crime &

perceptions • Gaps between

communities of interest and place

• Drug & alcohol abuse• Diverse communities • Disengaged communities

Healthier Communities• Gaps between

communities• Health outcomes

impacted by behaviours and environment

• Rising levels of adult and child obesity

Older People• Increasing numbers• By 2018 35% more

people aged 85+• Increased

expectations of services

• Needs beyond health and social care

Children & Young People• Good standards of

achievement• Integrated approach to

service delivery• Teenage pregnancy• Gaps between different

communities• Complex needs of

vulnerable children • Strong engagement