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Public
Involvement - This really does mean power to the people
Contact Lynne Robertson on 01404 549045 or email Lynne@edvsa.org.uk |
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The History of the Project:-One of the priority areas of the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) has been the development of a more consistent and co-ordinated approach to public involvement and in June 2000 a joint agency working group, responsible to the Partnership was formed to look at how this might be achieved. It was agreed that all agencies need to consult and involve the public in the planning and provision of local services and are faced with ever-increasing legislation and organizational agendas which require evidence of public involvement. It was also recognized that there needed to be a more strategic and co-ordinated local approach to consultation and involvement, thereby reducing the “bombardment” of local people and organizations who were feeling overwhelmed and “turned off” by requests for views and opinions. In May 2001 the East Devon Public Involvement project was established to address these needs. It is funded by the LSP and line managed by East Devon Volunteer Support Agency. |
The Public Involvement Team would like to thank all those who returned their Speak Now membership update forms, and especially those who recommended a friend to the scheme. Their names were entered into a free prize draw, and the lucky winner of the garden centre vouchers was Mrs Metcalf. We are still looking for new members to join Speak Now, the citizens’ panel for East Devon, so if you know of anyone who would like to contribute their views in a meaningful way to improve services in the area, please do put them in touch with us. |
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What has happened so far:- In its first year the project consulted local people on the East Devon Community Plan, assisted with gathering views for the current Community Safety Audit, helped plan a public involvement conference and workshop for the East Devon Primary Care Trust and established the East Devon citizen’s panel, Speak Now, which now has 360 members. Consultation events range from workshops/discussion days for 80 people to smaller focus groups and surveys. An example of the work undertaken by the project in 2003/4 includes ongoing user involvement in older people’s health and social care, gathering of views on a range of Council services such as Refuse and Recycling, Economic Development and Council Tax and finding out what people think about domiciliary care services in East Devon. |
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