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Warrington Partnership
This site provides you with information about Warrington Partnership and the way it works.
Warrington Partnership is the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) for Warrington. It is a collection of key public, private and third sector organisations from across Warrington that develop plans and work together to help improve and shape Warrington's future.
Its main task is to develop a Sustainable Community Strategy, which sets out a joint vision and ambitions for Warrington in the future. It is developed in consultation with residents, businesses and other local stakeholders and by doing research into Warrington's strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
On this website you can get access to our Sustainable Community Strategy, One Warrington: One Future - where everyone matters, and its key supporting documents, which include the Local Area Agreement and the Closing the Gap Framework. You can find out about our groups and see what they are up to and can find links to all our partners on our A-Z page. Most importantly, you can use this site to give us your views on Warrington Partnership, your priorities for Warrington and what you think of this website.
LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS
One workforce
Warrington Children and Young People’s Trust have launched their 2009 -11 workforce strategy, This overarching strategy, launched on 20 May, explains how all agencies working with children and young people in Warrington will work together as one workforce, with a shared vision:
‘to ensure that our children and young people are safeguarded from harm, and that a team of appropriately qualified and skilled professionals, who are motivated and valued, will work together to help every child to reach his or her potential’.
A summary, full version and poster can be downloaded from our key documents page.Our 'Total Place' experience
Warrington has been part of an important pilot project called 'Total Place'. Working with the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, Warrington volunteered to be part of a pilot that took an in-depth and unique look at services for children aged 0 - 5 years and their families.
With the ultimate aim of delivering better and more efficient services, or greater public value, detailed work was undertaken to look at our customer needs, how we spend our money and how we work in partnership. Some broad messages have come out of the pilot.
For the full article go to our Total Place page.
Warrington is the happiest place in the North West
The North West Mental Wellbeing Survey is the largest and most detailed investigation of its kind and its findings conclude that people from Warrington are the happiest in the North West!
60% of local respondents reported the highest level of life satisfaction, mental wellbeing and sense of belonging making Warrington top in the region. Participants were asked about feelings, relationships, health, lifestyles, perceptions of physical health and life events, place of residence, feeling of community, employment and education.
Cllr Ian Marks, leader of Warrington borough council said: "Good mental health is every bit as important as physical health and I am absolutely delighted with the results of this prestigious survey. We are streets ahead of the second placed area and above regional average which reaffirms what we have always believed - that Warrington is a great place to live and work.
“The difference here is that this survey actually asked the people of Warrington what they thought, unlike another one which was published at the end of last year and was carried out entirely by someone sitting in an office block in London.”
The survey took in a sample of 18,500 people from Cheshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cumbria and was produced by the Strategic Health Authority and local primary care trusts.
Notes to editors:
The World Health Organization defines mental health as: “A state of wellbeing in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.”Article taken from Warrington Borough Council website.
New faces at Warrington Advocacy
Warrington Advocacy has now got two new faces – Angela Masefield and Jeneen Mullan. Angela has taken the role of Generic Advocate, whilst Jeneen will be working with people who have a learning difficulty. People who experience mental ill-health can also use the service, working with either Jeneen or Angela. Both ladies will be working part-time, and join Carol McAlea, who is the specialist Domestic Violence Advocate.
Although Warrington Advocacy is managed by Warrington CVS, they are an independent service, which helps people to have their voices heard. Advocates provide information and support to help their clients to reach their own decisions, whilst ensuring that their wishes are acted upon. This can involve talking to other professionals on the client’s behalf, writing letters, making telephone calls, attending meetings, and helping to fill in appropriate paperwork amongst other things.
Warrington Advocacy welcome referrals by other professionals who think that an advocate may be beneficial to the person which they are working with. Likewise, family, friends and self referrals are welcome, all with the permission of the person that you are referring to us.
They are a free and impartial service, funded by Warrington Borough Council and the Lloyds TSB Foundation.
You can find out more about Warrington Advocacy, what they do, and their principles by visiting www.warringtoncvs.org.uk/advocacy.asp
Feel free to contact each advocate individually by telephone or email:Carol (Domestic Violence) : 246891 carolm@thegateway.org.uk
Jeneen (Learning Difficulties) : 246889 jeneenm@thegateway.org.uk
Angela (Generic) : 246890 angelam@thegateway.org.uk
Or pop in and see them at The Gateway, 89 Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1SR.