3 The Local Strategic Partnership, Community Strategy and Local Area Agreement
3.1 The Local Strategic Partnership for South Cambridgeshire
The Council and various partners have formed a Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) called the South Cambridgeshire Strategic Partnership. The purpose of the partnership is to work together to achieve the economic, environmental and social well-being of the district. The partners include Cambridgeshire County Council; the relevant Primary Care Trust (PCT); the Cambridgeshire Constabulary; the Cambridgeshire Association of Local Councils (CALC); representatives of business, the voluntary sector, faith communities, village colleges and young people.
Most of the work of the South Cambs Strategic Partnership is carried out by a series of partnership bodies, including the following existing and planned groups
- Housing Partnership
- Learning Partnership
- Environment Group
- Cambridgeshire Horizons
- Access and Transport Group
- Community Safety Partnership
- Community Development Group
- The Improving Health Partnership
- Children and Young People Locality Group
The Council supports the South Cambs Strategic Partnership by providing co-ordination and monitoring and by supporting the Strategic Partnership Board, Executive and Lead Officer Group.