Engaging Warrington

Warrington Partnership wants to ensure that local people are encouraged and supported to have more influence and power to change and improve their lives.

We have developed a strategy called Engaging Warrington, that sets out how we plan to do this.  We have a vision that states:

"By 2010, Warrington will be recognised as one of the best places to live and work in the UK, where everyone enjoys an outstanding quality of life."

We, as a partnership, but also as public service providers, can only achieve this by engaging local residents, businesses and other stakeholders in our planning and decision making.

Our approach to engagement

We engage with our different communities in Warrington in different ways, for example:

  • Neighbourhood areas - to ensure local people and stakeholders have a say in the way services are delivered in their local area, Warrington Partnership has introduced a new way in involving residents and businesses called Stronger Together Neighbourhoods in Warrington.  This approach, called nighbourhood management allows communities to work with local agenies toimprove services together at a local level.
  • Communities of special interest and identity - groups of people who come together because they have something in common other than where they live or work.  Warrington Partnership works with a range of groups from across the third sector to ensure different communities of interest and identity are involved at all levels of decision making.
  • Service users and non-users - members of Warrington Partnership from all sectors provide services to the public.  We need to make sure that we are providing the right type of services that are effective, efficient and easily accessible. 
  • Businesses - local businesses have a crucial role to play in the development, prosperity and wellbeing od our communities and Warrington as a whole.  They need to be involved in the decision making process at all levels if we are to realise our vision.

Co-ordinating engagement activity

The Partnership Engagment Group (PEG) oversees engagement activity undertaken by Warrington Partnership members. 

Various representatives from across the partnership attend six-weekly meetings to co-ordinate and promote consistent high standards for consultation and engagement activity across the partnership.

The following partnership organisations are represented:

  • Warrington Partnership: Eleanor Blackburn (Co-ordinator) - Tel: 01925 443874
  • Golden Gates Housing: Gareth Riley - Tel: 01925 452423
  • NHS Warrington: Paul Steele - Tel: 01925 843636
  • Cheshire Police Authority: Anna Collins - Tel: 01244 614102
  • Cheshire Police Constabulary: Jenny Ford - Tel: 01244 614551
  • Cheshire Fire & Rescue: Jeanette Bate  - Tel: 01606 868 994
  • Third Sector: Eileen Fitzgerald (Third Sector Hub)  - Tel:01925 723350
  • Warrington Borough Council:
    • Assistant Chief Executives: Camille Gamble - Tel: 01925 442802
    • People and Organisational Improvement: Anton Fields - Tel: 01925 443892
    • Children and Young People: Sue Breslin - Tel: 01925 443916
    • Neighbourhood and Community Services: Mark Torkington - Tel: 01925 444096
    • Environment and Regeneration: Karen Kellet / Pauline Shepherd - Tel: 01925 443031 / 443020

Warrington Borough Council has a consultation database that the partnership uses to keep track of the engagement and consultation projects that are taking place.

If you are planning to carry out some consultation or engagement activity, please contact your appropriate representative for more information about how to submit your proposal to PEG.  If your organisation isn't represented please contact Jessica Harbidge on 01925 443434.

Click here for more information about ongoing consultation.

Click here if you want to log an activity on our consultation database, or to access a range of partnership engagement resources via our 'resource centre'.  You will need a login and passwork in order to access this site.