The Community Strategy: A vision for Wandsworth

• Introduction
• Feedback
• More about the WLSP

'Making Wandsworth a  place which is safer, healthier, more prosperous and sustainable - a good place to live and work now and a better place in the future'
The Wandsworth Community Strategy is a long-term plan for improving the quality of life for those who live, work, play and do business in Wandsworth both now, and in the future. The Community Strategy presents a shared vision for the future of Wandsworth. It can only be achieved by the close working of all the key organisations in the borough (like the Council, health and police service) as well as business and the wider community. In fact, all these key partners are already working together, on behalf of Wandsworth residents, as part of the Wandsworth Local Strategic Partnership (WLSP).

Our Community Strategy is a 'plan of plans'. It focuses on residents' and partners' top priorities for making short and long term improvements in all areas of life, building on the many other plans and strategies which are in place already. For example:

• Our Corporate Business Plan sets out the action the Council will be taking in 2007/08 to help achieve the Community Strategy priorities as well as its own corporate objectives.
• Wandsworth Primary Care Trust's (PCT) Ten Year Strategy and new Commissioning Strategy Plan set out the PCT's direction and priorities.

As well as analysing local needs, we have listened to local residents who have had an important role to play in helping us to shape this strategy. Residents across the Borough were consulted on a wide range of issues to find out how they would like to see their borough in the future. Through extensive surveys, interviews, workshops and questionnaires, you have told us that overall, Wandsworth is a good place to live. However, it is clear that some long-term improvements are required. As a result, the Council and its partners on the WLSP will be working with residents to achieve six strategic priorities:-

• To make Wandsworth safer
• To improve the local environment
• To build a prosperous and vibrant community
• To improve education for all
• To improve health and social care
• To meet housing needs.

These priorities, and the action plans and targets which back them up, are regularly monitored and reviewed by WLSP partners. The Wandsworth Local Area Agreement (LAA) also contains some high level targets to support the Community Strategy.

Find out more about the Local Area Agreement.

Revising the Community Strategy
The original Community Strategy was published in 2003. The WLSP is in the process of revising the strategy to produce a new Sustainable Communities Strategy by summer 2008. 

The new strategy will be a ten-year plan that looks at how partners in the borough will work together to make sure Wandsworth is a place where people are proud to live and work in.

More information can be found on the sustainable communities page

How to get copies of the Community Strategy
Copies of the Strategy, both as full or summary versions can be downloaded below. Alternatively, if you wish to be sent a 'hard' copy of the document, please use the contact details below or complete the feedback form.

 Community Strategy for Wandsworth - full version (507 kb)
 Community Strategy for Wandsworth - executive summary (484 kb)

Both documents are in Adobe's pdf format. Visit www.adobe.com to download a free copy of Acrobat Reader.

Give us your feedback
You can let us have your views on the Community Strategy by:

Writing to: Liz Rees, Town Hall, Wandsworth SW18 2PU
Telephoning: 020 8871 7819
Emailing: coconnor@wandsworth.gov.uk

Finding out more about the WLSP