What is a Community Partnership?

A Community Partnership is a group of likeminded people who live or work in Darlington’s priority wards.
 
The main aim of a Community Partnership is to improve the quality of life for the residents of the area it represents.

Members meet regularly, consider all aspects of community life and seek ways, in partnership with others, to identify what needs to be improved.

They then consider how this can be done and work towards getting it done.

There are 11 Community Partnerships set up in Darlington

They are:

• Central Community Partnership
• Branksome & Cockerton West Community Partnership
• Cockerton East Community Partnership 
• Eastbourne Community Partnership
• Park East Community Partnership 
• Lascelles Community Partnership
• Northgate Community Partnership 
• Lingfield Community Partnership
• Red Hall Community Partnership 
• Bank Top Community Partnership
• North Road Community Partnership

Community Partnerships linking in with Neighbourhood Renewal

The development of the 11 Community Partnerships is integral to the success of the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy for Darlington.  The key aim of this Strategy is to:

reduce deprivation in the eleven most disadvantaged wards within the Borough and improve the life chances of residents living within these areas’.

Neighbourhood Renewal involves reversing the spiral of decline in disadvantaged neighbourhoods.  It is about working from the grassroots to deliver economic prosperity and jobs, safer communities, good education, decent housing and better health, as well as fostering a new sense of community among residents.

Neighbourhood Renewal is a central feature of the Government’s political and social agenda for the UK.  The Government’s National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal was launched by the Prime Minister in January 2001.  Its aim is to ensure

'that within 20 years, no-one will be disadvantaged by where they live.'

If you would like a more information about the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy for Darlington, please go to the Neighbourhood Renewal page.

Performance Development & Community Partnership Service Plan for 2006-2007 - pdf document

If you want to get involved in a Community Partnership or would like more information please contact the Community Partnerships Team at:

Darlington Borough Council, 13 Horsemarket, Darlington, DL1 5PW

Tel: 01325 388457
Fax: 01325 388699

Email: connectingwithcommunities@darlington.gov.uk

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