Local Area Agreement

Bournemouth's Local Area Agreements

The government removed the statutory requirement for local areas to have Local Area Agreements (LAAs) in October 2010.

The information in this section relates to the LAAs running between 2007 and 2011.

Bournemouth 2026 Partnership is currently under review.  More will be known over the next few months as to the shape of the partnership, the priorities it will focus on and how it will work.

We are currently in the process of preparing the claim for the performance reward grant (PRG) which was cut by 50% by central government.  We anticipate achieving 83% of the targets - this is excellent and puts the partnership in the top quartile of performance compared with other local strategic partnerships (LSPs).

The information in the LAA section is there for reference and learning.  It will be updated or removed as more is known from the review.  I have updated the information below to reflect current achievements in LAA 1.

for further information please contact Sara Wraight, Bournemouth 2026 Delivery Manager sarawraight@bournemouth.gov.uk or call me on 01202 456849.

Since it began in 2005, the Local Area Agreement (LAA) has been creating lots of possibilities and making a huge difference to the lives of people across the UK. The LAA enables organisations in the public sector (police, council, NHS and fire service) private sector (businesses) and third sector (charities, community groups and social enterprises) to work together as one Bournemouth team to tackle key priorities for the town and make the best use of money and resources.

Here are just a few of the reasons why people in Bournemouth are smiling as a result of organisations working together to deliver our Local Area Agreement signed in 2007:

• There has been a reduction in the number of arson and deliberate fires by at least 50% since March 2007.  Court room dramas about arson were rolled out in schools enabling young people to experience the impact of causing deliberate fires and the SPARCs project has been key to prevention and tackling anti social behaviour. 

• More than 1,400 domestic violence offenders have been brought to justice - 450 of these brought to justice in year 3 of the LAA between 2009 and 2010.

  
• There have been over 8,900 incidents of domestic violence reported to the police since this LAA started in April 2007.  The target is to have 2,126 incidents reported in the final year of the LAA and to improve services for survivors of domestic violence.  There were 2,666 incidents of domestic violence reported - there has been alot work done by partners to enable more people to feel able to report domestic abuse.

•119 local tourism, hospitality, travel and leisure related businesses have benefited from free customer care skills training to enable them to give visitors to the area a warm welcome.  Well done to Dorset New Forest Tourism Partnership

• Over 14,000 young people have been screened for chlamydia and received support and information to enable them to make sexual health choices that work for them.  Bars in Bournemouth have really got behind this - Bar Me, Walk About, Yates and the Mary Shelley have allowed sexual health nurses and peer mentors in to screen their young customers!!  Bournemouth University, Bournemouth and Poole College and the Arts Institute have also been key to the success of this initiative. 

 
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• More than 1,700 additional people young and old, who were previously inactive are now being physically active and living healthier lives.

• More than 2,300 households have been lifted out of fuel poverty by receiving free insulation in their homes and vital energy saving advice. 

• More than 240 people across Bournemouth and Poole received intensive support to help them into employment after being out of work for a long time

• Despite the recession and in particular the reduction of available seasonal and part time employment, NEET rates (numbers of young people aged 16-18 who are not in employment, education or training) are reducing. An exciting new approach to working with young people who are NEET called Xellerate has been working across the town.  The Police, Fire Service, Connexions, Children’s Services and Bournemouth and Poole College are all working together to give those young people an extra boost to their confidence and create opportunities to support them successfully into work, training, education or volunteering.  In January 2010 NEETS were running at 7% they are now at 4.4%.  An excellent achievement - keep it up!

• Our goal is to reduce the numbers of women who smoke whilst pregnant from 16% to 13%.  We are currently at 12.5% and hitting our target  thanks to the strong commitment of our teams out in the community delivering the support and the willpower of those mums!

For further proof of how the Local Area Agreement is changing people's lives in Bournemouth click here
 
 This information is current as of January 2011