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Healthy Living in Waltham Forest

In order to deliver the recently agreed Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) and Local Area Agreement (LAA) targets, Waltham Forest Primary Care Trust, on behalf of the Local Strategic Partnership, commissioned Renaisi to map the full range of public and third sector activity that is contributing to delivering their health priorities.

Renaisi is collating the relevant delivery activity though research into action plans and interviews with key delivery managers. The information collected will support partnership discussions on the best way to join up activity across different organisations and develop a sensible performance management framework for the group.

As part of this, Renaisi led a successful partnership workshop on understanding the linkages between the partnership objectives, SCS commitments and LAA targets.

A wealth of information has now been collected – over 100 streams of activity – and is currently being analysed for reporting back to the partnership group by mid-December.

For more information, please contact Michael Toyer
E. m.toyer@renaisi.com

Four Stars for Waltham Forest

The London Borough of Waltham Forest has been awarded Four Stars in the council’s recent Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA).

This is the highest rating a council can achieve and shows just how far they have come since receiving a zero rating when the assessments started in 2002. They are in fact the only local authority to achieve this level of improvement.

The CPA is run by the Audit Commission, and rates local councils based on their performance and the services that they run for local people. The Commission’s report mentioned Waltham Forest’s “Well led and focused” Local Strategic Partnership, as well as their “clear and challenging vision” as delivered through their Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) and Local Area Agreement (LAA) as essential elements to their 4 star rating.

Renaisi is delighted that Waltham forest have received this recognition, especially seeing as they worked closely with the council to improve the LSP, ‘Waltham Forest Working Together’, as well as managing the development of their SCS and LAA as part of a commission to develop their vision.

Just 6 years ago the Commission gave Waltham Forest a zero rating and said that the council was “not serving the people well” and had “uncertain prospects”. With this amazing improvement the council are obviously very pleased, and as a result has given all council staff an extra day of annual leave next year to say thank you.