The Structure of Shetland's Community Planning Partnership
The restructuring of the Community Planning Board in March 2008 was intended to help focus Community Planning partners onto delivering the outcomes from the Single Outcome Agreement. The Community Planning Board was replaced with a wider Community Planning Partnership and a Delivery Group.
Community Planning Partnership
The Partnership is responsible for the strategic overview of Community Planning in Shetland. This group meets twice a year, is responsible for appointing members to the Delivery Groups, setting priority areas for Delivery focus and reviewing performance against the objectives set out in the Single Outcome Agreement.
Membership includes:
- Association of Shetland Community Council
- all Council Elected Members
- all NHS Shetland Board Members
- Northern Constabulary
- Police & Fire Boards
- Shetland Amenity Trust
- Shetland Arts Development Agency
- Shetland Charitable Trust
- Shetland Recreational Trust
- Voluntary Action Shetland
The twice annual meeting of the Community Planning Partnership, takes the form of a Summit. There have been five so far, and some of the most recent ones are detailed below:
| Summit | Date held | Information |
| What would make Shetland a place where young people can thrive? | 03/09/10 | Summit Report |
| Carbon | 19/03/10 | Carbon Reduction Portal |
| Culture | 06/11/09 | Culture Strategy |
Community Planning Delivery Group
The main aim of this group is, on an annual basis, to take the priority areas that have been set by the Community Planning Partnership eeach year and ensuring that a structure is developed to deliver on these in the short, medium and long term.
Shetland's Single Outcome Agreement sets out Shetland's shared outcomes and targets for 2010-11, which complement the Scottish Government's priorities for Scotland and Shetland's long-term aspirations. These shared outcomes reflect those areas that can not be delivered by one agency alone, and so need joined-up working across across the community in the form of the Community Planning Delivery Group.
Membership of this group consists of senior members from each of the statutory community planning partners as well as representatives from the Third Sector and Charitable Trust.
Governance & Accountability
The CPP and CPDG have overall responsibility for the Single Outcome Agreement (SOA). However, it is Shetland’s strategic partnerships which are responsible for delivering on the relevant strategic outcomes, as set out in the SOA. The partnerships will also set operational outcomes in each area. The partnership will monitor all relevant outcomes, reporting progress to the CPP through the SOA Annual Report.
The structure was reviewed in 2007, resulting in the current structure of CPP and CPDG. Existing strategic partnerships and practitioner groups are set out below (click on image below to view a larger version of the CPDG Arrow ). Work is ongoing to ensure they are fit for purpose.
| Strategic Outcome | Partnership | Partnership Involvement | |
| SAFER | Community Safety Partnership | Anti-Social Behaviour, Domestic Abuse Partnership, Road Safety Advisory Group, Northern Commmunity Justice Authority, Child Protection Committee, Adult Protection Committee | |
| HEALTHIER | Community Health & Care Partnership | Shetland Alcohol & Drugs Action Team (SADAT) , Mental Health Strategy Group, Children & Young People | |
| Health Action Team | Active Lives | ||
| SMARTER | Skills & Learning Strategic Partnership | Curriculum for Excellence, Employability, More Choice More Chances | |
| GREENER | Local Biodiversity Action Plan | ||
| Energy and Carbon Management | |||
| STRONGER | Transport Partnership (ZetTrans) | ||
| Childcare Partnership | |||
| Housing Strategy Steering Group | Fuel Poverty, Ageing Population, Homelessness, Private Sector Housing, Future Housing Supply | ||
| WEALTHIER & FAIRER | Fairer Shetland | Poverty Group | |
| Wealthier | Partnership Action For Continuing Employment, Industry and Area Panels, Community Regeneration and Social Economy |
Third Sector Representation
Voluntary Action Shetland, our partner organisations and their staff represent the voluntary sector at a number of strategic working groups. This means that voluntary groups have a voice through VAS and other third sector organisations to these partnerships, and have someone through whom they can get information on their proceedings and business.
A table showing the voluntary sector's involvement in a number of strategic working groups (inc. partnership names, a brief explanation of their membership and function, and the name of the representative on the groups) can be found here.
A table showing community representation within Shetland's Community Planning Partnership's strategic partnerships and practitioner groups can be found here.
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