A Whitby councillor has welcomed the move to create community partnerships in an effort to involve more local organisations in local debate.
In May members of North Yorkshire Council’s executive backed the proposals which will see a series of pilots established before the programme is rolled out across the county.
The partnerships would enable parish councils, voluntary groups, businesses and local communities to all feed in to local decision making.
Whitby Councillor - Phil Trumper - told a meeting this week that he backs the idea and would like to see it expanded to Whitby.
Plans to introduce community partnerships are at the heart of North Yorkshire Council’s pledge to ensure local priorities and challenges are dealt with as effectively as possible.
The council says it will work closely with town and parish councils, public and voluntary sector partners, businesses and communities so that local issues drive decision-making and action via the partnerships.
The partnerships were initially due to be called community networks, but members of the executive opted for the new title to ensure that they are distinct from existing organisations.
About 30 partnerships are set to be introduced and centred around market towns and their surrounding areas. However, they will be phased in, with an initial roll-out of five to trial the approach.
The pilot areas will cover Easingwold, Leyburn and Middleham, Ripon, Sherburn-in-Elmet and Thornton-le-Dale and the surrounding rural area. These initial pilots will then help to shape the model for the community partnerships as they are introduced across the county.
The partnerships have been billed as “local agents for economic and social change”, and will provide a forum for work between businesses, public sector agencies and the communities they serve.
The community partnerships will operate independently and will have the opportunity to elect their own chair.
While they would not have devolved budgets, the partnerships will be supported to explore funding opportunities through sources such as the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
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