Wiltshire family of partnerships - working together

Welcome to the Wiltshire’s Family of Partnerships - working together home page.

Encouraged by government, the Council and it partners have set out a vision for the future of Wiltshire, and the broad outline of how to make a reality of this vision, in a document called the Sustainable Community Strategy for Wiltshire. The Local Agreement for Wiltshire is the delivery mechanism for this community strategy and the new Wiltshire’s Family of Partnerships are how we will work together to make things happen to improve the quality of life in Wiltshire.

The Sustainable Community Strategy for Wiltshire

The Wiltshire Sustainable Community Strategy captures the underpinning values and beliefs about what is important to improving the quality of life in Wiltshire.

It describes the vision for strong and sustainable communities in Wiltshire. It describes the strengths and advantages which the county enjoys, and upon which we must build. It then summarises the key trends and challenges facing the county. The document identifies those aspects of the county which are not sustainable and which we must seek to change.

The Local Agreement for Wiltshire

The Local Agreement for Wiltshire (LAW) is an agreement between organizations in Wiltshire to take action over the next three years to improve the quality of life in Wiltshire. Included within the LAW is the Local Area Agreement (LAA) which gives the 28 performance targets that central government has agreed with Wiltshire organisations. Over the next three years the actions and target listed in the LAW and LAA will be monitored by the partnership and groups with the family of partnership structure.

Wiltshire’s Family of Partnerships

The way organisations in Wiltshire work together has changed. These changes have been prompted by many issues, including:

The wish to make strong connections with community areas and have improved involvement from elected members;
The move to a single council for Wiltshire;
New Local Agreement for Wiltshire (LAW) and Local Area Agreement (LAA) 2008, and the changing role of Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs);
The Government’s focus on communities and ‘place’,
and the introduction of the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) with its focus on performance and accountability of partnerships rather than of single organisations.

In order to address these issues, a new Wiltshire family of partnerships has been developed. These replace WISB and WISBEx and form the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) for Wiltshire.

Action for Wiltshire

Action for Wiltshire –the people, businesses and communities of Wiltshire working together to tackle the effects of the recession in the county; and to prepare for the economic recovery, building a sustainable future for the county.

You can find further information about Action for Wiltshire here.

Contact Details

Email: wiltshirelaa@wiltshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 01225 718448
Postal Address:
Performance Team
Wiltshire Council
County Hall
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8JN