Putting People First - 2022 Update

The Mid and East Antrim Community Plan 2022 Update

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The Community Planning Partnership

The community planning partnership

The updated plan

The Updated Plan

We have a Community Panel which has a key and unique role in providing community representatives the opportunity to input into all parts of the community planning partnership structure. This group represents the community voice for Mid and East Antrim Borough.

As a result of a period of consultation and review of the community plan - there are now four themes for the work of the Community Planning Partnership - these are our new priorities. They are the key areas we will focus on now and during the remainder of the plan. They are:

As a result of a period of consultation and review of the community plan - there are now four themes for the work of the Community Planning Partnership - these are our new priorities. They are the key areas we will focus on now and during the remainder of the plan. They are:

KEY AREAS OF FOCUS

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Mid and East Antrim will be a strong, vibrant , safe and inclusive communit y, where people work together to improve qualit y of life for all .

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These four community planning themes are not isolated or stand alone. There are many connections, overlaps and

interrelationships between them. Indeed, it is only by making these connections and through the total combined contribution

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of all of the themes that our ambitious goals for Mid and East Antrim will be realised.

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Tourism and the Economy

Our Borough is a leading and competitive place to start and grow business. Our Borough is a destination of choice.

The community planning process has identified four strategic priorities for the theme of ‘tourism and the economy’.

Good Health and Wellbeing

Our citizens enjoy good mental and physical health and wellbeing.

The community planning process has identified three strategic priorities for the theme of ‘good health and wellbeing’.

We support local businesses and those which can demonstrate social value.

We support entrepreneurs to start up and existing businesses to grow.

Our Borough has first class facilities and attractions

Our towns and village are attractive and vibrant.

Our citizens are physically active more often. Our citizens enjoy easy access to our Borough’s natural environment and heritage.

Our citizens have access to information, activities and advice to support their physical and mental wellbeing.

Community Safety and Cohesion

Progress in education and employment Community safety and cohesion

Progress in Education & Employment

We have a skilled workforce able to adapt to the changing economy. Our Borough provides opportunities for all and supports people to achieve their full potential.

The community planning process has identified five strategic priorities for the theme of ‘progress in education and employment’.

Our Borough has vibrant, inclusive and cohesive communities. Our people feel safe in their community. Our older people live healthy, active lives in their community.

We have skills development programmes targeting areas of high growth or need.

We provide a range of education pathways to employment.

We reduce or remove the barriers to our people achieving their potential.

We value lifelong learning.

The community planning process has identified seven strategic priorities for the theme of ‘community safety and cohesion’. We have programmes in place to address their greatest concerns.

We have activities and events which welcome everyone.

We value and respect the environment we live in.

We proactively remove barriers to their participation in community life.

We encourage entrepreneurship and vocational training.

We proactively support and include the most vulnerable and the most excluded.

We proactively support the most vulnerable or at risk

In our Borough there are networks and services in place to support them to age actively and healthily.

Making Community Planning Work in

Mid and East Antrim

Making community planning work in Mid and East Antrim

The Partnership Structure

The partnership structure

The Communit y Planning

Par tnership structure for Mid and East Antrim was designed with the involvement and engagement of the communit y planning par tners, including the communit y and voluntar y sector and a wide range other public sector organisations

The membership of the Communit y Planning Par tnership includes the designated statutor y par tners set out in the legislation, communit y representatives

and a range of other groups and organisations This has established a broader par tnership which will be integral to the ongoing development and deliver y of the communit y plan

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Who Sits on the Partnership?

Who sits on the partnership?

Representatives of the community have been involved throughout the community planning process in Mid and East Antrim.

The community is represented by the Elected Members, as well as by nominated representatives of community organisations from across the borough ( The Community Panel).

As well as Council and community there are 12 partners who must by law be involved in community planning, they are:

• Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

• Education Authority

• Health and Social Care Board

• Invest NI

• Libraries NI

• NI Fire and Rescue Service

• NI Housing Executive

• Northern Health and Social Care Trust

• Police Service for NI

• Public Health Agency

• Sport NI

• Tourism NI

In Mid and East Antrim, these partners decided that a number of other organisations could also make a valuable contribution to the community planning process and were added to the partnership - they currently are:

• Galgorm Resort and Spa (on behalf of the tourism sector in the borough)

• Michelin (on behalf of the business sector in the borough)

• NI Water

• Northern Regional College

• Patient and Client Council

• Sustainable NI (on behalf of the environment sector in the borough)

• Translink

• Transport NI

• Department of Justice

• Department of Education

• Department for Communities

• Consumer Council

Together, all these groups and organisations form our Mid and East Antrim ‘Strategic Alliance’.

Section 75 Partners

Section 75 partners

Where available, individuals and organisations who represent the interests of the Section 75 groups, as contained within the Northern Ireland Act, will be included as members across the Community Planning Partnership structure.

Please note

Please Note

This plan has been screened in relation to the “Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulation (NI) 2004”. It has been determined that a Strategic Environmental Assessment is not required as the plan is unlikely to have significant strategies and plans that may go on to support the delivery of the community plan will be subject to any required environmental assessment.

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Putting People First

Contents and Summary

Putting People First remains a document which is reflective of the needs and priorities of the residents of Mid and East Antrim. The current review, coupled with the emergence from the pandemic, provided the Strategic Alliance with an opportunity to streamline the plan, to focus on those who are most in need and most

vulnerable, and to deliver collaborative actions that benefit residents. The changes contained in this document are not onerous, however we are of the view that they will enable the Partnership to make an even greater, and more visible and tangible, difference in the Borough.