Dean Tyler, Relationship Manager Kingston Strategic Partnership

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Community Working Group23rd February 2012

One Norbiton : Two PilotsLocal Integrated Services and

Neighbourhood Community Budgets

Local Integrated ServicesWill help to improve the lives of people in Norbiton people: 1)Develop a community voice and involve Norbiton community members in decisions about priority setting and resources 2)Pool money and resources together to form a single pot for community members to influence or control3)Increase partnership working between agencies and with community members

“There should be no limit but your own imaginations, no ceiling but your own ambitions. Bring in the whole community indeciding its future. Make your local public services work how you want. Plan for the future that you want for your neighbourhood. Where you lead, others can follow. So gofar and go fast.”

Eric Pickles

National launch of the Neighbourhood Community Budget pilots in London 2nd February 2012

From Kingston – Jill Preston, Hilary Garner, Tony Willis, Dean Tyler

Kingston is the only area in the country to be involved in both the Neighbourhood Community Budget and Local

Integrated Services pilots ….. Why?

Challenges• Community – managing expectations, pace of

project, no budget, ensuring representation • Political – defining Councillors role as

community leaders; providing clarity on what we are seeking to empower the community to develop

• Partners – providing capacity at right level to engage with project

• Officers – working within a new genuinely bottom up context • Government – extent Whitehall are able to ‘let go’ of central budgets

What next …• By April 2013 the

objective is to develop a Plan and Neighbourhood Community Budget ready for implementation

• So we use the year to tackle the challenges and ask ‘why can’t we…?’

• We have support in Government especially Cabinet Office and CLG

• … and from our partners

One Kingston – what our partners say

Professional’s Working Group (PWG)Includes representatives from;Royal Borough Kingston CouncilKingston University, NHS Kingston, Metropolitan Police, The CabinetOffice, Kingston Voluntary Action andKingston Chamber of Commerce

Project Structure

Member Officer Group

Includes PWG and 6 Councillors

Community Working Group

Includes people who live, work, play or study in Norbiton

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Project Sponsor

Kingston Strategic Partnership

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One Norbiton One SlideAspirations…

“To improve the lives of communities in Norbiton by giving them more control and influence over the priorities and resources set for their area”“To raise awareness across all residents and communities so that all have the opportunity to be informed and involved at the level of their choosing”

… will be achieved by…• Testing the concept and co-designing

a radical proposal for local service redesign

• Aligning the objectives of two pilots: Neighbourhood Community Budgets and Local Integrated Services;

• Mapping and pooling partner budgets in line with community priorities to take our activity to the next level in terms of devolving more power and influence to the local level.

Challenges• Managing community and Member

expectations (outcomes; pace of project; no budget)

• Ongoing capacity of partners to deliver• Willingness to engage at all levels• Willingness of budget holders at all

levels to let go of  their budgets and devolve spending decisions to neighbourhood level