The Strategic Partnership Board met on 26 May 2011, and agreed to revise the arrangements for partnership working in Dorset. Rather than there being four Board meetings a year, and a wide range of theme-based sub-groups, there will be an annual stakeholder forum and a streamlined set of county-wide partnerships reflecting changes in demands and priorities.

The Community Safety Partnership, the proposed Health and Wellbeing Board and the proposed Local Enterprise Partnership will be the focus of partnership working in Dorset. In addition a Dorset Community Groups Forum will be established to collate the views of the voluntary and community sector and represent these views at the three partnerships. The Dorset Age Partnership, Environment Theme Group and Culture Theme Group will also continue to meet.

The Community Strategy Delivery Group, Bridging Group, Health and Wellbeing Partnership, Children and Young People Theme Group, Dorset Economic Partnership, Dorset Housing Partnership, Accessibility Theme Group and Thriving Communities Theme Group will no longer meet.

This decision was taken in light of the discontinuance of the Local Area Agreement and funding through Area Based Grant. The new arrangements will allow partners to focus on local priorities set out in the sustainable community strategy and respond to the new national political agenda of Health and Wellbeing Boards and Local Enterprise Partnerships.

Annual stakeholder forum

The annual stakeholder forum will take place once a year in September or October, for partners from the public, private and voluntary sectors to assess and debate progress by each of the partnerships and boards towards the sustainable community strategy and to determine areas of focus for the coming year.

Further details of the date, venue and agenda for the first annual stakeholder forum will be made available soon.

Future arrangements

If you have any queries regarding the Dorset Strategic Partnership and partnership working within Dorset please contact Robin Taylor, Senior Policy and Performance Manager.

David Jenkins
Secretary to the Dorset Strategic Partnership

• Dorset Sustainable Community Strategy

  The 2007 Sustainable Community Strategy has now been replaced by the 2010 version.

• Senior Policy and Performance Manager
  Name: Mr Robin Taylor
  Email: r.taylor@dorsetcc.gov.uk
  Tel: 01305 224715
  Fax: 01305 224839
  Full details for Mr Robin Taylor