Harlow 2020 Partnership
The Harlow 2020 Partnership was set up in 1995 by Harlow Council
and a group of local service providers to develop a co-ordinated
approach to the development of the town and realise the benefits of
shared knowledge and resources.
In 2001 the Partnership carried out a widespread consultation
exercise, using the results to develop the first edition of the
Harlow 2020 Vision . We have worked hard on its delivery and are
extremely proud of our achievements to date.
In 2005 Partner organisations carried out a review, looking how
they should work together in future years, to ensure they take a
more strategic and coordinated approach.
From left to right: Becci Court (Harlow Council), Marina
Sherriff (Partnerships Co-ordinator, Harlow Council) and Jackie
Sully (Harlow 2020 Chair).
Copyright Archant Herts & Cambs.
To find out more about the Harlow
2020 Local Strategic Partnership, follow this link to go to our
website.
Future Jobs Fund
Almost 160 local young people
are getting new jobs, training and work experience after a
successful bid to the Government’s Future Jobs Fund by West Essex
organisations.
The West Essex Partnership (encompassing the
Harlow, Uttlesford and Epping Forest Local Strategic Partnerships)
has been awarded just over £1million to assist young people who
have been unemployed for approaching a year.
The bid was led by Harlow Council but the jobs
and training places will be spread between dozens of local public
sector and social enterprise organisations including Harlow
Council, Harlow District Chamber of Commerce, Kier Harlow, Harlow
Welfare Rights and Advice, Epping Forest District Council, Epping
Forest College, Uttlesford District Council, Organic Countryside
and Walden Local Food.
The project is running until March 2011 and
the posts are of six month duration. These posts are offered in two
stages (79 jobs per stage) and aimed at 18-24 year olds who have
been on Job Seekers Allowance for approaching 12 months and other
long term unemployed people in Harlow. All of the jobs pay at least
the minimum wage and none of the new jobs are replacing existing
roles or vacancies. All applicants are initially referred to the
scheme from JobcentrePlus and will need to go through a recruitment
and selection process for the jobs.
The scheme is managed by Employ-Ability and
during the course of the job the young people will receive support
to help them improve their future job prospects. All of the
employees have a guaranteed offer to work for a NVQ level 2 in
customer services or equivalent and they are offered other
workplace training and help with preparing a CV. The first of
the new roles commenced in January 2010.
Future Jobs Fund
Extension
Confirmation has been received from the
Department for Work and Pensions that the West Essex Partnership
has been awarded funding for more jobs it plans to provide under
the Future Jobs Fund.
For the second stage of funding, the
partnership applied to repeat its first 79 posts and increased the
total to 95 with the addition of new jobs from the PCT and others.
The roll out of the new jobs commenced in July.
Harlow 2020
Meetings Open To Local People
Local people are now able to see and
hear at first hand how decisions are made by the Harlow 2020 Local
Strategic Partnership when the body opens its Board meetings to the
public in 2008.
Jackie Sully took up the position of Partnership
Chair in September 2007. She explains the thinking behind the
move: "Harlow 2020 takes very important decisions that can
have a major impact on life in our town. We regularly ask
local people for their views on how Harlow should develop in years
to come and it is only right that they should be able to see how we
are working and whether we are delivering. Everything should
be completely transparent and open".
The Partnership Board meets four times
a year. The first meeting to open to local people took place
on Friday 7th March 2008 and was attended by many members of the
public, including representatives from local organisations.
Dates of 2012 meetings are as
follows:
- Friday 16th March, Committee Rooms 2a
& b, Civic Centre
- Friday 15th June, Council
Chamber, Civic Centre
- Friday 21st September, Committee
Rooms 2a & b, Civic Centre
- Friday 7th December, Committee Rooms
2a & b, Civic Centre
All meetings commence at 10.00
a.m.
Agendas and minutes
will be available from this web site the Monday before each
meeting, or on request. For further details please contact
Harlow 2020 on 01279 446831 or email harlow2020.enquiries@harlow.gov.uk.
Follow this link for the agenda of the
next Harlow 2020 Board meeting:
Follow these links for the minutes of
previous Harlow 2020 Board meetings, if you require a copy of any
of the accompanying papers or presentations, please contact us on
01279 446831:
Compliments and
Complaints
Harlow 2020 welcomes useful
comments and complaints as they help us to improve our
services. So it is very important for us to know how we are
doing.
Follow this link to view our
Compliments and Complaints procedure:
Complilments and
Complaints
West
Essex Partnership
The Local Strategic Partnerships for
Epping Forest, Harlow and Uttlesford exist to promote and enhance
the economic, social and environmental well being of their
communities. The three LSP’s have come together in the West
Essex Partnership (WEP) to examine new opportunities for
joint working across existing boundaries that will help them
enhance ‘value for money’ and better deliver on behalf of their
communities individually and collectively.
Follow this link for more details:
The West
Essex Partnership
Essex
Compact
Harlow 2020 is now a member of the
Essex Compact. The purpose of the Compact
for Essex is to guide and encourage statutory agencies such as
local councils and the voluntary and community sector in working
together fairly and productively to improve the well-being of
people living and working in Essex. It sets out principles and
standards for a good, open, fair relationship between statutory and
voluntary agencies.
Follow this link for more details:
Essex
Compact