CPAGs bring together all groups and organisations interested in a particular theme.
Since they focus on local service delivery, their core membership is professional service providers. This includes the voluntary and community and faith groups as well as agencies such as health, police and the council. They are also expected to actively invite contributions from other partner organisations working within each theme.
CPAGs focus on the priority areas identified in the Community Plan, while ensuring that they truly represent local views.
Partnerships are expected to work together to find new and better ways of working to deliver priorities, and meet targets within the borough's local area agreement.
The role of CPAGs is to:
- Oversee action plans for each theme
- Co-ordinate proposals for cross-cutting Neighbourhood Renewal initiatives, with responsibility for overseeing spending on selected projects
- Identify emerging needs and priorities
- Consult and involve key stakeholders, with a special emphasis on involving hard to reach groups
- Promote and extend joined up working
- Make partnership working more manageable by streamlining arrangements and reducing duplication.
CPAGs are accountable to local people - via the LAPs and the Partnership Management Group - for ensuring that the promises set out in the Community Plan are kept.
In order to carry out their role CPAGs:
- Hold a minimum of four meetings each year
- Ensure that senior representatives from service providers attend LAP events
- Elect their own chair and vice chair
- Account for their actions and performance through regular reporting to the Partnership Management Group.
- Publish the minutes of their meetings (these are on the page of the relevant community plan action group) and have their meetings open to the public.
Funding
Funding for the CPAGs' staffing support is managed by the council and subject to its normal regulations and audit processes. In addition, resources required to deliver action plans are delegated to the relevant service provider. This funding is overseen by the CPAGs and regulated by the council in accordance with its normal regulations.
The CPAG protocols document explains what CPAGs do, their objectives and addiional information on each CPAG.
For more information about the community plan action groups, contact John Thorne, support officer, john.thorne@towerhamlets.gov.uk, 020 7364 4133. |