Bristol Partnership Archive
This page holds archive information on the Bristol Partnership and associated meetings/events.
Local Government White Paper
The Local Government White Paper has been published. To view the white paper click here. Below are a summary produced by NAVCA on the key points contained in the White Paper relevant for the Voluntary and Community Sector and their response to the White Paper.
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Local Government White Paper Implementaion Plan (22 January 2007)
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NAVCA response to the Local Government White Paper (November 2006)
Bristol Partnership peer review report published
The report of the recent peer review of the Bristol Partnership assessing the effectiveness of the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) has been released.
While recognising strengths the report also identifies significant shortcomings that need to be addressed if the city is to have the most effective partnership working to delivered improved outcomes for local people in the longer term.
As a result, the governance and management arrangements of the current Bristol Partnership are to be reviewed over the coming months. The majority of partners are keen to ensure that a refocused partnership body is launched in the autumn.
An early decision has been taken to 'stand down' the current Bristol Partnership team during this review period to September/ October 2008. In the meantime, day- to - day partnership working and joined- up delivery of services to residents will continue through the well established arrangements that have operated under the umbrella of the LSP - including Safer Bristol, the Children and Young People's Partnership Executive Board and the Health and Well being Delivery Group.
Click here to read the full Bristol Partnership peer review report
Bristol Partnership statement on Working Neighbourhood Fund announcement
At its December 2007 meeting, members of the Bristol Partnership supported an amended version of a statement proposed by Voscur in response to the announcement that Bristol will not receive the Working Neighbourhoods Fund (WNF). In supporting the statement members of the Bristol Partnership agreed to challenge the (WNF) decision that leaves Bristol’s most disadvantaged communities without support.
Click here to read the full statement supported by the Bristol Partnership
Click on the link to read the letter from Simon Bale, Chair and Cllr Peter Hammond, Vice Chair of the Bristol Partnership written to Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Seceretary of State for Communities and Local Government in response to the announcement on Working Neighbourhoods funding.
Click here to read the reply received from Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, (then) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Click here to read the reply received from John Healey MP on behalf of Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP
Click here to see the list of Local Authorities eligible for the Working Neighbourhoods Fund and the list of Local Authorities (including Bristol) that will receive Neighbourhood Renewal transition funding.
Bristol City Council will receive £5,124,000 in transition funding over two year (2008 - 2010) to ease the impact of the end of Neighbourhood Renewal funding. The council consultion on its proposals has now closed.
Click here to read the Voscur response to the consultation.
Click here to read the ChangeUp consortium response to the consultation.
Bristol Partnership 'Faith Communities and Cohesion'
“Faith & belief – its role in community cohesion & integration, and in shaping services”
The December 2007 meeting of the Bristol Partnership looked at the role of faith communities and cohesion.
Notes from the meeting will be posted here when available.
Bristol Partnership considers key priorities for Bristol
The Bristol Partnership held a stakeholder event for members of the Bristol Partnership and the members of Delivery Groups on Monday 5 November 2007. The emerging key priorities for Bristol's were outlined by Councillor Helen Holland, Leader of Bristol City Council.
Click here for the notes from the stakeholder event
Click here to see the presentation by Helen Holland
Presentations were also made by Simon Bale, Chair of the Bristol Partnership and Helen Ball
Click here to see Simon Bale's presentation
Click here to see Helen Ball's presentation
In summary the four emerging priorities for Bristol are:
1. A sense of place
Place shaping
Economic prosperity
Reducing deprivation
Social Cohesion
2. Driving Change – Making a difference
Education attainment
Adult social care
Waste
3. Safe
Fear of Crime
4. Street Scene
Parks and green spaces
Transport
Cohesion and Integration seminar
Colleagues in Bristol from the ChangeUp Consortium* and Bristol City Council’s Community Development team hosted a morning seminar on Cohesion and Integration on Wednesday 31st October 2007 at the Southville Centre, Beauley Road, Bristol BS3 1QG. The seminar is a follow up event to the “I’m a Bristolian, Who are you?” conference held in March.
The seminar considered actions that could help to break down some of the key barriers to cohesion and integration, focusing on 4 key areas identified at the March conference:
1. How do we promote cohesion and integration in schools?
2. How can we help new communities to Bristol navigate the workplace?
3. How can new development (buildings / public spaces) promote cohesion and integration?
4. How can public events build (e.g. festivals like the Harbour Festival or St Pauls Carnival) cohesion?
Click here to read the summary report from the 'I'm a Bristolian' conference - coming soon
The views and ideas from the October seminar on how cohesion can be improved in Bristol will be used to influence the new Sustainable Community Strategy - the vision for Bristol over the next 20 years and the new Bristol Local Area Agreement.
Click here to read the key recommendations from the October seminar
*The ChangeUp Consortium members are the Black Development Agency, The Care Forum, Social Enterprise Works, Volunteering Bristol and Voscur
Bristol Partnership 'Neighbourhood Governance in Bristol'
The September 2007 meeting of the Bristol Partnership looked at 'Neighbourhood governance in Bristol'. During 2007/08 Neighbourhood Partnerships are to be rolled out across Bristol. The Bristol Partnership seminar explored how partner member organisations in Bristol can support Neighbourhood Partnerships succeed in:
- Re-engaging citizens with institutions of government
- Securing sustainable improvements in public services
Notes from the seminar will be posted here when available. To find out more about the seminar, its findings and how they will be taken forward email catherine.bailhache@bristol.gov.uk or call Catherine Bailhache on 0117 922 4458 . Click here to read the full details of the Bristol Partnership seminar
New Neighbourhood Governance for Bristol
Bristol City Council is planning the roll out of Neighbourhood Partnerships across to cover the whole city during 2007/08. Each Neighbourhood Partnership will cover a geographical area of two or three council wards. Neighbourhood Partnerships are intended to give residents and local groups more opportunity to influence the delivery of services in their local areas.
Click here to visit our Neighbourhood Partnership page
Bristol Development Framework (BDF)
Managing change in Bristol over the next 20 years
The June 2007 meeting of the Bristol Partnership looked at 'Managing Change and Growth' in Bristol. Partners engaged discussion on the likely future demands on education, health, economy and sustainability as part of the consultation on the Local Development Framework (that provides a spatial dimension to Bristol's Community Strategy). The Bristol Development Framework will help to shape Bristol's development over the next 20 years.
Voscur held two workshops during September to give Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE) groups the chance to have their say on the Bristol Development Framework – the plan for how Bristol will develop over the next 20 years. How will Bristol accommodate new homes, jobs and services for the predicted 10% growth in population? The views from the workshops were fed into the Bristol Development Framework consultation.
The workshops were organised by Voscur with support from Planning Aid, the charity that works with people and communities to improve the place to improve the places where they live and work by providing free and independent advice on all types of planning issues. City council planning officers were in attendance too, to help answer specific questions.
Session one looked at different spatial options – where development in Bristol should happen and what that development should be? Click here to read the notes from workshop one
Session two looked at Housing Policy options – what type of housing is needed, what size of property, where and how affordable housing can be built? Click here to read the notes from workshop two
Read more about the Bristol Development Framework here:
Find out more about the Bristol Development Framework here
Bristol Partnership - Chair and vice Chair update
At the September 2007 meeting of the Bristol Partnership members voted Simon Bale from the Churches Council for Industry and Social Responsibility (CCISR) the Voscur Rep to the Bristol Partnership as the new chair of the Partnership. Cllr Peter Hammond will take the vice chair position on behalf of the council.
Speaking on his election Simon thanked the other candidates (Tessa Coombes and Pauline Reynolds) and said that he wanted to work with all partners to build on progress made by the Partnership so far while striving for greater improvements that could be delivered for the people of Bristol. Simon added that he would be working to bring greater accountability and focus to the work of the Bristol Partnership.
About Simon Bale
Simon is works for Churches Council for Industry and Social Responsibilty (CCISR) and is the elected Voscur Rep to the Bristol Partnership. Simon has written this statement to accompany his nomination:
I have been a VCS representative on the Bristol Partnership for three years, and am committed to continuing the forward momentum we have been building as a partnership and to expanding the relevance of the partnership to everyone who lives and works in the city. I believe that the BP can be a significant force for good, as it strives to deliver the community strategy and improve the quality of life for all.
Simon Bale
Bristol Partnership focus on Social Enterprise and Social Economy
The March 2007 meeting of the Bristol Partnership looked at Social Enterprise in Bristol. Group disscssions focused on the areas of procurement, commissioning and business support.
Read papers for the meeting here
>> Invite letter
>> Bristol Partnership Agenda
>> Minutes of the December meeting
>> Local Area Agreement report
>> Support Social Enterprise In Bristol report
>> Support Social Enterprise workshop task
South Bristol C21 - Update
Voscur and Network South Bristol (NWSB) have written to the chair of the Bristol Partnership expressing concern about the decision to end the South Bristol C21 steering groups.
>> Click here to read Voscur letter to the chair of the Bristol Partnership
>> Click here to read Network South Bristol (NWSB) letter to the chair of the Bristol Partnership
Bristol Partnership - signing up to the Green Capital Pledge
The Bristol Partnership hosted a summit titled 'Bristol: a Green Capital' on Friday 2 March 2007. The Bristol Partnership is asking partners to sign a pledge to acelerate progress towards the shared aims in the community strategy of 'making Bristol a low carbon city with a high quality of life'.
The pledge asks partners to commit to:
a) draw up and deliver an action plan
b) report publicly on what you are doing
c) come back to the Bristol Partnership in 6 months to share achievements with other.
The Voscur Board will be discussing the pledge at there next meeting in March 2007 but has already given the Bristol Partnership an expression of interest in signing the pledge.
Click here to see the pledge
Click here to read the pledge letter from the chair of the Bristol Partnership
Supporting participation in the Bristol Partnership and Neighbourhood Renewal
In Bristol, there are a range of organisations and groups that support the voluntary and community sector (VCS) and resident involvement in the Bristol Partnership (the local Strategic Partnership) and the Neighbourhood Renewal programme. These organisations used to be collectively known as the CNet (Community Empowerment Network), but this is no longer a term used locally. Voscur is one of three VCS organisations (the others being The Care Forum and The Black Development Agency) supporting and representing VCS, community and resident participation. Voscur organises and facilitates BP/NR representatives, Network and Assembly meetings and the Neighbourhood Renewal Residents Forum (NRRF). For more information on representation to the BP or NRRF please contact Matthew Symonds at Voscur on 0117 909 9949 or matthew@voscur.org