About the Cheshire Partnership

The Cheshire Partnership is comprised of around 60 local organisations across the public, private, voluntary and community sectors. It was set up in March 2001 to co-ordinate actions to improve quality of life in Cheshire.

The Cheshire Partnership is the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) for the county of Cheshire. It was set up in March 2001 to improve the quality of life in Cheshire, and to respond to the Local Government Act 2000, which requires local authorities to work in partnership with other public, private and voluntary sector bodies and local communities to produce a community strategy for their area. Government guidance sets out 4 key tasks for all LSPs:

1. Prepare and implement a community strategy
2. Bring together local plans, partnerships and initiatives
3. Work with those local authorities that are developing local public service agreements
4. Develop and deliver a local neighbourhood renewal strategy.

The Cheshire Partnership consists of over 60 organisations across the public, private, voluntary and community sectors. It published the first Community Strategy for Cheshire in February 2002.

A guide has been produced to explain how the partnership works, who does what and how to contact them. It is anticipated that it will be updated regularly as circumstances change and will be supplemented by the publication of an annual progress report on action.

The challenge for all members of the Cheshire Partnership is to work together to make Cheshire a place where everyone can thrive, at work and at play, at home and in the community, in a safe and healthy environment, take an active part in decisions, and continue to learn and develop throughout their lives.

One element of this is the production and implementation of a Community Strategy for Cheshire to promote economic, social and environmental well-being. This is a new statutory responsibility required by the Government.

A Community Strategy is by definition a long-term vision for the future of the area. It will undoubtedly take longer than the life of the strategy to achieve but we must strive to get there.