Tuesday 24th August 2004

Consultation Underway on the Warwick District of the Future

This week marks the start of a 6 week public consultation on the District’s second Community Plan.

The Warwick Partnership, members of which include the Police, South Warwickshire Primary Care Trust, Council for Voluntary Service and both District and County Councils, has been the driver behind producing the Plan.

Since January the Partnership has been gathering information from the network of organizations and groups under its umbrella as well as carrying out a number of consultations with the community and voluntary sector. This has been combined with the analysis of current research such as the recent census data and citizen’s panel survey results, to help produce this new Community Plan.

This time, the Plan contains long term objectives, looking as far ahead as 2020. The consultation, entitled ‘Warwick District 2020…. Pull up a chair and join the discussion’ focuses on the action-end of the Plan. The key aims of the consultation are to:-

a) Obtain people’s views on the suggested priorities and actions
b) Conduct a reality check to determine if the service providers on the same wavelength as the public?
c) Find out if there are any major gaps in the Plan
d) Get a feeling about the community’s priorities to help the Partnership decide what to tackle first

Keir McDonald, Chair of the Warwick Partnership, emphasized ‘It’s vital that this Plan recognises, and seeks to address, the real issues facing the diverse communities of this District.’

The consultation road show has already got off to a flying start with sessions taking place in Warwick Market Place last Friday and at the Royal Pump Rooms on Monday 23rd August. The public are being encouraged to give their views by means of a short informal interview. The results of all the interviews conducted throughout August and September will then be analysed.

The Warwick District Senior People’s Forum (SPF) are also participating in the consultation having invited the road show to their coffee morning on Tuesday 23rd August and to their full forum meeting on Tuesday 28th September.

Keir McDonald is encouraged by the interest shown by the SPF in the process ‘We are conscious of the significant numbers of older people living in the District, and that these numbers are set to increase. The Plan aims to meet the needs of this ageing population and ensure that everyone can enjoy a high quality of life well into their old age.’

More dates and venues are being added all the time to an already extensive consultation programme

Warwick Library Thursday 26th August 2 pm – 7pm
Lillington Library Tuesday 31st August 2 pm – 7 pm
Whitnash Library Tuesday 7th September 2 pm – 7 pm
Kenilworth Library Monday 13th September 2 pm – 7 pm
Kenilworth Town Centre Thursday 23rd September 10 am – 4 pm
Royal Priors To be confirmed

The road show will also be jumping on the Mobile Library Bus on Thursday 9th September to visit the villages of Hatton, Little Shrewley, Hatton Green and Lapworth.

The main community centres such as The Gap, Warwick, Sydni, Sydenham Estate, Healthy Living Centre, Brunswick Street and Warwick Gates will also be part of the programme.

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