Voluntary sector organisations
Further information on Volunteering
A key principle underpinning the preparation and delivery of Community Strategies is successful partnership working and community involvement throughout the process.
To achieve this, the
Government recommended the establishment of Local Strategic
Partnerships, a single body that:
Would bring together at a local level the different parts of the public sector as well as the private, business, community and voluntary sectors so that different initiatives and services could support each other and work together;
- It is a non-statutory, non-executive organisation;It operates at a level which enables strategic decisions to be taken and is close enough to individual neighbourhoods to allow actions to be determined at community level; and
- It should be aligned with local authority boundaries.
Public, private,
community and voluntary sector organisations all have a part to
play in improving quality of life and the more they can work
together, with local people, the more they can achieve. Local
Strategic Partnerships act as an 'umbrella' for many existing
partnerships and groups and bring key organisations together to
identify top community priorities and to work with local people to
address them.
There are intrinsic links between the Local Strategic Partnerships and the working of the Local Resilience Forum. There is only one community and we are all charged with keeping it safe. Help your community
When emergencies happen they affect all areas of society. Your time and energy as volunteers touches the lives of others. Explore the ways you can help your community now, during and after an emergency.
Before an emergency
Find out how you can volunteer with local groups, including the British Red Cross, WRVS, St John Ambulance, radio amateurs, and even volunteer with your 4×4 vehicle!