Structure of the Community Partnership in the Royal Borough

The Royal Borough's Community Partnership was keen to learn lessons from those partnerships that were further ahead of the Royal Borough in the development of their Partnerships and to use the extensive national and local government guidance available.

The Partnership also recognised that different authorities have undertaken different approaches and the structures and mechanisms that are appropriate in each area will be dependent upon local circumstances.

It was agreed that the Community Partnership in the Royal Borough would consist of a four-tiered structure.

Partnership Board

The Partnership Board is made up of elected members and the executive directors from participating agencies, voluntary groups and community groups.   The Board sets out the strategic aims of the Partnership and monitors performance to ensure that these are achieved. The Board is also responsible for developing and delivering the Community Strategy for the Royal Borough.

Executive Officer Group

The Executive Officer Group is made up of the Chief Executives from participating agencies, voluntary groups and community groups.  They will be responsible for delivering policies, work programmes, performance monitoring and Local Public Service Agreements (LPSA) as specified by the Partnership Board. They will also be responsible for monitoring their organisation's contribution to the Partnership.

Ambition Groups

There are 4 Ambition Groups, which are working groups set up to progress the 4 key themes:

• Supporting Children & Younger People;  
• Supporting Adults & Older People;
• A Thriving, Cleaner, Greener Borough;
• Safer & Stronger Communities. 

These Groups are managed by officers from the participating agencies, voluntary groups and community groups.

Wider Community

Ideas, community initiatives, local schemes and views of users feeding into the process through consultation and communication.