Community Planning
Shetland, with its ancient heritage, distinctive culture and geographical position, has a long history of community involvement in local government, the development of services and local projects. Community Planning aims to enhance this involvement.
Community Planning is about public, private and voluntary organisations working together, and with communities, to improve services across Shetland and ensure they are tailored to your needs. Community planning cannot be an additional, or parallel, process to the various partnership structures already in place – it should act as the key over-arching framework for other partnerships and initiatives at the regional, local and neighborhood level.
Single Outcome Agreement
Single Outcome Agreements (SOAs) set out the priorities between central government, a local authority and other key partners at the local level. SOA's simplify some central funding, help join up public services more effectively and allow greater flexibility for local solutions to local circumstances. Through these means, SOA's are helping to devolve decision making away from central government and reduce bureaucracy.
Shetland's Single Outcome Agreement can be found below.
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| Shetland's Single Outcome Agreement 2009 | |
They are about what sort of place you want to live in. They set out the local priorities that will make your town, or community a better place to be; they have been negotiated between all the main public sector organisations in your area, the voluntary organisations, your local authority, and central Government.
The ideas behind them are to:
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recognise that 'one size does not fit all' and local services should reflect what local people want;
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give more flexibility to public sector organisations, local authorities and voluntary organisations in the ways they deliver services for local people;
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make local authorities and other public services more accountable to local people;
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reduce red-tape and improve value for money; and,
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enable local people to get more involved in decisions about local services.
The Single Outcome Agreement Annual Report, which provides an update on how we are meeting our priorities, can be found below:
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SOA Strategic Objectives
The Single Outcome Agreement is aligned around FIVE Strategic Objectives that describe the kind of place we want to live in - Wealthier & Fairer, Smarter, Stronger, Healthier, Safer and Greener. These areas are where the national and local government are focusing their action.
The Strategic Ojectives align very closely to the outcomes that the Shetland Islands Council have set out in ''The Shetland Resolution''. As a result, the recent development of the Shetland Single Outcome Agreement has been a natural extension of the outcome work that was started back in 2004.
Supporting the Single Outcome Agreement for Shetland is the local area profile. This is known as the ‘Sustaining Shetland’ report, which is updated on an annual basis. The report provides:
- A comprehensive profile of Shetland, drawing on a wide range of social, economic and environmental indicators;
- Trending and comparative information set out simply and clearly against these indicators;
- National Strategic Objectives cross-referenced to Shetland’s Targets and Priorities.
Contact us at:
Policy
Shetland Islands Council
Town Hall
Hillhead
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0HB
Phone: (01595) 744537 or 01595 74 3728
Email: policy@shetland.gov.uk