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 2020 Support
Officer), Marina Sherriff (Harlow 2020 Project & Performance
Manager) 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.
The Partnership receives Performance
Reward Grant from the first Local Area Agreement and uses this
money to enable local partners to contribute to the achievement of
the targets in the second Local Area Agreement.
Follow this link to find out more about
these projects:
Harlow 2020 PRG projects
Future Jobs Fund (Updated)
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.
There are now 46 individuals in post
and it is fully expected that the remainder will be in post this
month.
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 will commence from 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.
Future meetings will take place on::
Friday 25th June 2010
(previously scheduled
for 18th June)
Friday 17th September 2010
Friday 17th December 2010
All meetings begin at 10.00 a.m. and will take place in the
Civic Centre, The Water Gardens, Harlow. Refreshments will be
available from 9.45 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 446455 or email
harlow2020.enquiries@harlow.gov.uk.
Follow this link for the agenda of
the next Harlow 2020 Board meeting:
Harlow
2020 Partnership Board agenda 25th June 2010
Follow this link for the minutes of
previous Harlow 2020 Board meetings:
Harlow 2020
Partnership Board minutes 18th September 2009.
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Harlow 2020
Partnership Board minutes 18th December 2009.
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Harlow 2020
Partnership Board minutes 26th March 2010.
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Harlow 2020
Partnership Board minutes 25th June 2010.
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
*NEW* 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
*NEW* 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