Forest of Dean District Council Partnership Register
No. / Name of Partnership (and links to corporate priorities and objectives) / Brief purpose of partnership / Other partners PLA / FoDDC Officer/s and Member/s attending (and reporting arrangements) / Does a written partnership agreement exist? (Y/N) / Date of next planned partnership review / Significant partnership? (Y/N) / Officer time and annual financial contribution from the Council (£s per year) estimates acceptable / Inherent risk level: (High, Medium or Low)PLANNING, HOUSING& REGENERATION GROUP
1 / Gloucestershire Home Improvement Agency Partnership
(Objective: 2.1) / Provide a county-wide HIA service / District Councils
County Council
PCT / Malcom Vine
Cabinet member for Community / Y / N / £41,000 p.a. (ongoing monitoring up to 12 mtgs. p.a). / Medium
2 / Gloucestershire Affordable Warmth Partnership
(Objective: 2.1) / Co-ordinate help and advice for households in fuel poverty / All Gloucestershire District Councils, Gloucestershire County Council and South Gloucestershire Council / Lorraine Drew
Cabinet member for Community / Y / April 2019 / N / 12 Days / Low
3 / Gloucestershire Rural Housing Partnership
(Objective: 2.1) / To increase amount of Affordable Housing in rural areas of county and share good practice on meeting local housing needs / GRCC
RSLs
Other District Councils / Keith Chaplin (Chair) / Y / N / 12 Days (Quarterly Meetings) / Low
4 / GloucestershireStrategic Housing Group
(Objective: 2.1) / To increase efficiency in delivering Affordable Housing Specific projects e.g. Housing Needs Appraisal, Choice Based Lettings plus sub groups / County Council
District Council’s
Health
HCA
Probation / Malcom Vine
Keith Chaplin / N / N / 12 days (Bi-Monthly meetings + sub groups) / Low
5 / Gloucestershire Young People Housing Support Partnership
(Objective: 2.1) / To provide housing advice and assistance to young people / District Councils, County Council and other support agencies / Malcom Vine / Y / N / 4 days (Bi-annual meetings + support groups) / Low
6 / Gloucestershire Supporting People Partnership / To manage the countywide supporting people partnership to fund Residential and community-based housing support / County Council; District Councils / GSPBoard – Cabinet Member for Community and Housing ;
Officer :Malcom Vine
Core strategy Group : Keith Chaplin / Y / N / Bimonthly meetings
12 days p.a.
7 / Gloucestershire Safeguarding Adults Board
(Objective: 2.1) / A Gloucestershire countywide partnership to develop and implement policy and procedures to safeguard vulnerable adults in the county / Gloucestershire Constabulary, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, Gloucestershire Health Authorities (Ambulance, HPA and NHS Trusts), Gloucestershire County CouncilPolice, PCT / Pete Williams / Terms of Reference and Business Plan / N / 5 days per annum / Low
8 / Home seeker Plus
(Objective: 2.1) / Managing a Choice Based Lettings Partnership in the county / District Councils / Lisa Firstbrook (Co-ordinator)
Malcom Vine (Chair -2016/17)
Pete Matthams (Operational Group)
(Annual report to CLT) / Y / Y / £9,000 p.a. (contribution toCo-ordinator’s salary) 18 days other officer time / Medium
9 / Forest of Dean Housing Partnership
(Objective: 2.1) / To increase amount of affordable housing in district and ensure good standards of management / District Council, RSLs / Malcom Vine / Y / N / 6 days / High
10 / Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)
Multi Agency domestic Abuse Partnership (MARAC)
(Objective: 2.1) / To monitor high risk offenders (MAPPA) and incidences of Domestic Abuse. Manage housing arrangements where appropriate / Police, probation, other district councils, RSLs / Caroline Clissold (MAPPA)
Abi Vaughan (MARAC) / Y / N / 24 days / Medium
11 / Severn Estuary Partnership
(Priorities: 2 and 4) / A stakeholder partnership at all levels with the aim of joining up estuary wide management and activity / LA's, conservationgroups, marine industries, marine leisure / Alastair Chapman, Sustainability Team Leader / N / N / 6 officer days a year (£1,210) / Low
12 / ASERA Association of Severnside Relevant Authorities
(Priority 4) / Discharge the requirements of the habitats regulations in relation to the Severn Estuary European Marine Site. / LA's and nature conservation organisations / Biodiversity Officer / N / N / 4 officer days per year (£250) / Low
13 / Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT)
(Priority: 4) / Service Level Agreement to gather, collate, store and report on biological data
Screen weekly planning applications against data. / LAs and GWT / Alastair Chapman / Y / N / 8 days per year (1500)
£10,000 to provide services under the partnership agreements. / Low
14 / Wye Valley AONB
(Priority: 4) / Support the management of the AONB in accordance with the Adopted Management Plan / LA's and stakeholder organisations / Alastair Chapman, Sustainability Team Leader / N / N / 6 officer days per year (£2,900) / Low
15 / Malvern Hills AONB
(Priority: 4) / Support the management of the AONB in accordance with the Adopted Management Plan / LA's and stakeholder organisations / Alastair Chapman, Sustainability Team Leader / N / N / 2 officer days per year (£450) / Low
16 / Local Nature Partnership
(Priority: 4) / To develop action plans in relation to local and national biodiversity plans / LA's and nature conservation organisations / Biodiversity Officer / N / N / 12 officer days per year (£750) / Low
17 / Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children’s Board
(Objective: 2.1) / A Gloucestershire countywide partnership to develop and implement policy and procedures to safeguard vulnerable children within the county / Gloucestershire Constabulary, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, Gloucestershire Health Authorities (Ambulance, HPA and NHS Trusts), Gloucestershire County Council Police, PCT / Pete Williams / Y
Terms of Reference and Business Plan / N / 5 days per annum / Low
No. / Name of Partnership (and links to corporate priorities and objectives) / Brief purpose of partnership / Other partners PLA / FoDDC Officer/s and Member/s attending (and reporting arrangements) / Does a written partnership agreement exist? (Y/N) / Date of next planned partnership review / Significant partnership? (Y/N) / Officer time and annual financial contribution from the Council (£s per year) estimates acceptable / Inherent risk level: (High, Medium or Low)
COMMUNITY, CLIENT AND COMMERCIALGROUP
18 / Forest of Dean Community Transport Partnership / The partnership aims to reduce the social and physical isolation of people living in the Forest of Dean whilst also raising the awareness of the existing local community transport providers. / GCC, Bream Voluntary Car Service, Lydney Dial A Ride, Lydcare, Bream Voluntary Car Service, GRCC / Anna Daniels (Celia Wear covering maternity leave) / Yes / 5 year lottery funded project / One full time co-ordinator post – lottery funded but employed by FODDC
Line management of co-ordinator post - FODDC / Low
19 / Gloucestershire
PREVENT Partnership Board / A Gloucestershire countywide partnership to develop and implement policy and procedures in response to the
Prevention of Terrorism in the county / Glos District Councils, Glos County Council, Probation service, HMPS, NHS, Police, University of Gloucestershire, Hartpury, Cirencester and Gloucester Colleges etc , Fire and Rescue, Constabulary, 2gether Trust, Care services, safeguarding, GAVCA, CCG, GARAS / TessTess Tremlett FODDC lead
Board lead – Stewart Edgar - Fire and Rescue / Yes and a PREVENT plan / Unknown / Y / 10 Days / Low
20 / Community Safety Partnership
(Priority: 2) / This brings together a wide range of organisations that work together to produce and implement a strategic assessment and partnership plan in order to reduce crime, disorder, fear of crime and anti-social behaviour in the district. / Police, Gloucestershire CC, PCT, Police Authority, Fire Authority, Fire and Rescue Service, the probation service DAAT plus other voluntary and statutory agencies / Tess Tremlett CSP lead
Nicola Mclean – CSP co-ordinator / TOR exist / Action plans reviewed annually / Y / Community Engagement Officer Time / Medium
21 / 2020 Partnership
(Objective: 1.1) / Provide:
- Finance, HR and procurement
- ICT and Customer Services
- Legal, Land and Property services
- Environmental and regulatory services
Sue Pangbourne on Partnership Commissioning GroupandCabinet member for Shared Services and Growthand Leader of the Council on Joint Committee (Report to Cabinet/Full Council as required) / Yes (s101 delegation agreement and collaboration agreement) / Contract is until 2020 / Y / Revenue savings in line with business plan approved / Medium /High
22 / Revenues and Benefits partnership(Objective: 1.1) / Provide Revenues and Benefits services for the Council. Section 101 agreement with Gloucester City Council to provide the services through its contractor, Civica Ltd. / Gloucester City Council and Civica Ltd. / Andy Barge as Client Officer
Cabinet member for Shared Services and Growth(report to Cabinet as required) / Yes (s101 delegation agreement) / Contract is until October 2018 / Y / Annual contract fee approximately £760,000.
Shared client monitoring function £55,000 per annum. / Medium
DEMOCRATIC & ELECTORAL SERVICES
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CORPORATE SUPPORT
23 / Local Resilience Forum
(Objective: 1.1) / To provide a forum for the co-ordination of a multi-agency response to major emergencies in Gloucestershire / Gloucestershire Constabulary, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, Gloucestershire Health Authorities (Ambulance, HPA and NHS Trusts), Gloucestershire Local Authorities (represented by the County Council Emergency Management Service), Environment Agency, Maritime Coastguard Agency, Military,
Government Office for the South West. / Peter Hibberd / Y / N/A / N / 20 days a year / Medium
24 / Leadership Gloucestershire
(Priorities: All) / To commit and sign off major decisions emerging from the partnership. Collective decision making including allocating resources to support priorities / Leader of GCC and DC’s, Police and NHS Gloucestershire / Leader of the Council / Y (terms of reference) / Likely to be reviewed following outcome of current devolution deal negotiations. Date tbc / N / 1-2 days. / Low
25 / Cinderford Regeneration Board
(Objective: 3.2) / The key function of the Board is to set the vision and strategic objectives of the Cinderford Business Plan, and to monitor progress and ensure the delivery of objectives in the plan and oversee the delivery mechanisms of the plan.
An updated Memorandum of Understanding was reported to the Board in May 2012.
Officers have been tasked to examine the scope for a Forest Wide Regeneration Board. / Town Council and East Dean Initiative Partnership, 2RH, Gloscol, Heywood Community School, local business reps, Forestry Commission, GCC, Homes and Communities Agency. / Leader of the Council, lead member for planning policy and Peter Hibberd as Board members
Wendy Jackson, as Programme Manager and Nigel Gibbons as ex officio (Annual report to CLT) / Y / Y / 50% of Regeneration Manager’s time, up to six days a year for Board Members / High
26 / Forest of Dean and Tewkesbury LAG (Local Action Group)
(Priorities: 2 & 3) / Local Action Group overseeing a dispersal of European funds (via DEFRA) for projects to support the local economy.(Council is accountable body) / Tewkesbury Borough Council
LAG members / Neil Batt
Cabinet member / Y / n/a / N / 1.5 full time equivalent staff whose direct costs are paid for by the DEFRA (EU)funding / Low
27 / Gloucestershire Waste Partnership
(Objective: 4.1) / Brings members of Joint Waste Committee together with other Gloucestershire local authorities to consider delivery of its Municipal Waste Management Strategy / Gloucestershire CC, Cotswold DC, Cheltenham BC, Tewkesbury BC, Gloucester City C, Stroud DC and FoDDC / Peter Hibberd
Cabinet member for environment / Y / Action plans reviewed annually / N / Meets quarterly. / Medium
28 / Gloucestershire Joint Waste Committee
(Objective: 4.1) / To manage waste collection and disposal on behalf of member authorities / Gloucestershire County Council, Cotswold DC, Cheltenham BC and FoDDC / Peter Hibberd
Two Cabinet members (currently Cabinet member for the environment and Cabinet member for shared services and growth. / Y / n/a / N / Meets quarterly.
Joint waste team is supported financially by the council as staff were transferred to the County Council (3.7 FTE) / Medium
29 / Joint Economic Growth Committee
(Objective: 3.2) / Brings together all Gloucestershire local authorities to oversee Growth Plan work and liaise with Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) / Gloucestershire CC, Cotswold DC, Cheltenham BC, Tewkesbury BC, Gloucester City C, Stroud DC and FoDDC / Peter Hibberd (observer)
Leader of the Council / Y – terms of reference agreed by each authority and signed / n/a / N / Meets at least quarterly / Medium
30 / South West Audit Partnership Limited (SWAP) / Provision of internal audit services / 14 authorities in the South West including FoDDC / Paul Jones (Director on Board)
Chairman of Audit Committee
Reports to Audit Committee as required / Y / n/a / Y / £100,000 pa contract
Officer time at quarterly Board meetings and member time at quarterly member meetings / Medium
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