Every local authority area in England has to have
a Local Strategic Partnership.
Although we are not a statutory body, many
of our partners have a statutory duty under the 'Local
Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007' to work in
partnership to develop and deliver the Local Area
Agreement.
We formed as a group back in 2000 and were called
'Partners and Communities Together'. We developed and
delivered the Community Strategy for the Braintree
District.
During 2007, legislation was passed that gave the
duty to local authorities to develop and deliver a 'Sustainable
Community Strategy'. Work began on the Strategy with
consultation with community groups, organisations and other
stakeholders.
We realised though, that the structure we had for
our LSP could be improved which would help us to deliver the
Strategy. During 2008, we considered the changes needed and
in October 2008 we restructured ourselves and became the
Braintree District Local Strategic Partnership
(LSP).
We changed from a two tier partnership group
to a three tier partnership group, allowing us to separate our
strategic and operational elements from one another whilst
maintaining our communication and engagement links between the
three tiers.
Our three tiers are the:
We hold an annual
LSP
Assembly for all our members, Councillors, community and
voluntary groups and stakeholder organisations to come together to
discuss key issues for the LSP.
Click on the link to view our current -
LSP Structure Chart
We have published our new Constitution which is
the governance document for the LSP. The
Constitution
is explained on the 'Our Governance' page.
Use the menu links to find out
more information on our structure, who we all our and the
roles we have.