ONE WARRINGTON: ONE FUTURE
WHERE EVERYONE MATTERS                                                                

A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY
FOR WARRINGTON 2009 TO 2030

How the strategy has been developed

Warrington Partnership has developed this strategy by bringing together and considering a strong evidence base of local views and statistical data gathered mostly during the past 12 months.

This includes:

  • the State of Warrington report – a position statement for the borough prepared by Local Futures who also undertake the annual State of the Nation reviews for central government
  • the Borough Portrait – a report comparing aspects of quality of life across the borough. We consulted with the public on this document in October 2007
  • Joint Strategic Needs Assessment of Health and Social Care 2008
  • Community Safety Strategic Needs Assessment 2008
  • Warrington Borough Council’s budget priority consultations undertaken across the borough in December 2007
  • Citizens’ Panel Surveys over the last two years
  • Best Value Household Survey for Warrington published by MORI in 2007
  • neighbourhood consultations in October and November 2008
  • partner and Councillor workshops

Successful visions and strategies are those that anticipate the future. For this reason the partnership also undertook a programme of research on the future drivers of change that will have the greatest implications for regions and localities. These included:

  • globalisation of the world economy
  • changing characteristics of the UK and global economies
  • changing industrial structure with a decline in manufacturing
  • impact of new technologies
  • world population growth and changes in demographics and household composition
  • changes in the labour market including an ageing workforce and rise in flexible working
  • growing wage inequality
  • climate change
  • growth in leisure and tourism
  • expansion of the European Union.

Together, members of the partnership have analysed national, regional and local trends and developed the strategy in consultation with a wide range of partners through a series of workshops and consultation events. A public consultation on a draft strategy was undertaken during summer/ autumn 2008 and changes were made to reflect many of the comments received.

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