Local Economic and Community Plans LECP | Guidelines 2021
Collaborative Actions The same comments made above with regard to collaborative economic actions apply to collaborative actions in the community context. Community Actions The following is an indicative summary of some broad areas of action from a community perspective that should be considered (with appropriate detail and adaptation to the Local Authority area) as part of the LECP Implementation Plan development process. As indicated previously, consideration of any potential actions should form part of the development of the High-Level Goals and Objectives in the LECP framework but the detailing of prioritised actions and commitment to their implementation is a function of the Implementation Plan. Education, training and skills development, the provision of life-long learning opportunities, and the development of training infrastructure to support greater access to employment and self-employment and improve people’s work readiness, including marginalised target groups and young people; creation and sustainment of employment and self-employment opportunities, with a particular focus on:- a. developing and supporting small and micro- enterprises; and b. promoting social enterprise and social entrepreneurship; developing social, economic and physical infrastructure to address social exclusion, poverty and disadvantage, reverse social and economic decline and to realise growth potential and the sustainability of communities, including: a. supporting bottom-up local community planning; b. expansion of local basic services, including small scale leisure, culture, recreational and tourism infrastructure; c. provision of services related to health and
d. development of local, community-based transport services to complement existing public and private transport services; e. enhancing access to and use of ICT; and f. maintenance, restoration and upgrading of the cultural and natural heritage of communities, environmental upgrading and general actions to enhance the environmental, amenity and physical attributes of communities; developing synergies between supports for children and young people, such as the educational and developmental opportunities, and investment in services that address issues affecting children and young people; enhancing the capacity of communities to improve their well-being through, for example, providing practical assistance and support for community organisations and structures, and developing leadership capacity within communities and the capacity of individuals and communities to engage in policy development and decision-making; promoting the general welfare of communities through, for example, investment in community development activities in the areas of crime prevention, juvenile diversion and support for vulnerable members of communities; and enhancing support for local volunteering, citizen engagement and active citizenship including the participation of youth in decision making; and identifying and supporting community action to address climate change through actions of mitigation or adaptation and either as directly targeted actions or as elements of actions targeted at other priorities. It is important in identifying the SCOs to prioritise and develop actions a) where the LCDC has a remit; b) where collaborative working can make progress in relation to the prioritised items; and c) where the objectives can be achieved and actions delivered within the six-year time frame of the LECP, (particularly with the commitment of the bodies/agencies on the LCDC to working together on the objectives and actions identified in the LECP and ensure they are included in their own work programmes).
well-being, social integration, tackling disadvantage and combating poverty;
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