Best Value Performance Indicators were an intergral part of local government's performance management framework, and were used to measure the performance of local government services. They have been replaced as of April 2008 by the new National Indicator Set.
A strategy that sets out how public services, other organsiations and local people will work together to improve the quality of life in the area. Community Strategies were a statuatory duty under the Local Givernment Act 2000.
The CSAP sets out the short to medium term activities, resources and responsibilities of all Local Strategic Partenrship (LSP) partners that will move the Borough towards the Community Strategy vision over the next three years.
The Corporate Plan sets out Sedgefield Borough Council's aims and ambitions over the next three years.
The CR is not adjusted for the age and sex structure of a population.
The number of events that would occur in a standard population (per 100,000) if that population had the age-s[ecific rates of a given area.
The DAAT work in partnership to reduce the supply of illegal drugs, improve treatment services for both alcohol and drug addiction and provide drug and alcohol education.
The IMD were established to compare areas in terms of deprivation. All lower super output areas are ranked nationally according to the 7 domains; income, employment, health, education, barriers to housing, crime and environment.
These agreements provide a single framework through which government departments can allocate additional funding to lacal authorities and their partners. Their aim is to reduce and simplify funding streams and give more scope for local authorities to concentrate on local priorities. The funding focuses on the themes of children and young people, safer and stronger communities, and healthier communities and older people.
The LDF will set out the Council's policies for meeting the community's economic, environmental and social aims for the future where this effects the devlopment and use of land.
The LEGI was announced by the Chancellor in his 2005 Budget and aims to release the economic and productivity potential of the most deprived local areas across the country through enterprise and investment thereby boosting local incomes and employment opportunities, and building sustainable communities.
The LSP is a means of organising the way that the public, private and voluntary agencies can work together to maximise their collective effectiveness in order to respond to the needs of the communities to make up SedgefieldBorough. The aim of the LSP is to improve the quality of life for all residents in the Borough with the fastest improvements being made where need is greatest, to ensure that no one in Sedgefield Borough is seriously disadvanted by where they live.
LSOAs have a minimum population of 1,000 and a mean of 1,500. These are built up using output areas and are constrained to ward boundaries. Each LSOA is given a code, however they have been named in Sedgefield Borough so that they are more meaningful to local people.
The NRF aimed to enable England's 88 most deprived authorities, through their LSP, to imrpove services, narrowing the gap between the most deprived areas and the rest of the country. The overall aim of NRF as defined y the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit is that "within 10 to 20 years, no-one should be seriously disadvantaged by where they live. The aim is to deliver economic prosperity, safe communities, high quality education, decent housing and better health to the poorest parts of the country." This has been replaced by Working Neighbourhood's Fund.
Young people whose economic activity is not classified as in education, employment and training are termed NEETs.
PCTs cover all parts of England receive budgets directly from the department. Since April 2002, PCTs have taken control of local health care while Strategic Health Authorities monitor performance and standards.
The Regional Economic Strategy sets out how we are going to deliver greater and sustainable prosperity to all the people of the North East over the period to 2016.
SMRs compensate for men and women having different death rates and these rates also vary by age.
There are three layers of super output areas; upper, middle and lower. They are all gepographical areas with different numbers of households contained within them. The most commonly used SOA is the lower super output area.
Organisations active on a local or community level, usually small, modestly funded and largely dependent on voluntary, rather than paid, effort. Can be seen as distinct from the larger, professionally staffed agencies, which are most visible in voluntary sector profiles. Hence the phrase volunatry and communbty sector (VCS) to encompass the full range.
Geographcial area, assigned to electoral ward boundaries - 19 wards in Sedgefield Borough, vary in size from just under 2,000 to approximately 5,700 in population.
The Working Neighbourhoods Fund (WNF) will be paid to local councils as part of the Area Based Grant in recognition of the need to “tackle worklessness on a community wide basis, including those claiming Job Seeker’s Allowance and those on Incapacity Benefit”. It will provide resources to local authorities to tackle worklessness and low levels of skills and enterprise in their most deprived areas. The fund will provide the basis for a new approach, recognising the need to tackle worklessness on a community wide basis and including those claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance and those on Incapacity Benefit.
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