Without
Walls
Without
Walls’ is a partnership of people from influential organisations
across York who are working together to develop a shared vision and
look at ways to improve quality of life for people in the city.
This
partnership (officially the Local Strategic Partnership or LSP) is
made up of representatives of public, voluntary and business
organisations in York. Partners include the police, council,
health, voluntary agencies and local businesses. Colin Stroud, Chief
Executive of York CVS, represents the voluntary and community sector
on Without Walls.
The
result of their work is the Sustainable Community Strategy, based
around seven ‘themes’ - areas they want to concentrate on to
improve the quality of life for everyone in the city over the next
twenty years or so.
The
themes are:
- A
Sustainable City
- A
Thriving City
- A
Learning City
- A
City Of Culture
- A
Safer City
- A
Healthy City
- An
Inclusive City.
-
Without
Walls has also produced the Local Area Agreement for the city, which
is the three-year delivery plan for the community strategy. This is
something that every local authority area has to agree with
Government. It includes targets for improving how the city is doing on
key ‘indicators’.
More
information about Without Walls, the Community Strategy, the Local
Area Agreement, and Terms of Reference and Membership of the
Partnership Boards for the seven themes can be found on the Without
Walls website http://www.yorkwow.org.uk/