SLDC hosts huge partnership working event

11 July 2012

South Lakeland District Council is hosting a partnership working event on 13 July 2012 at 9.15am at Kendal College Conference Room, Kendal.

The event will bring together key organisations across South Lakeland who will work together to improve services and working in local communities.

Speakers at the event include South Lakeland MP Tim Farron who will discuss the importance of organisations working together to improve the lives of South Lakeland Communities. Other speakers will be Chief Inspector Gordon Rutherford from Cumbria Constabulary, who will discuss local policing, and Dominic Harrison, director of Public Health at Blackburn with Darwen Council, who will discuss maximising citizen benefits with health outcomes.

SLDC Leader, Cllr Peter Thornton, who will open and close the event, said: “Partnership working is vital in providing our communities with the services and improvements they need. By bringing together key organisations we are working with we can discuss not only our successes but also the challenges we face and how we overcome them.

“Response to the event has been excellent and we have over 150 delegates attending so it should be a lively event with plenty of debate.”

The event will address a need to provide SLDC Councillors and officers with more information about the Localism agenda and what it means for them in relation to Local Area Partnership work. It will showcase the success of partnership working across South Lakeland and demonstrate how district priorities are linked across Cumbria.

The event is aimed at members of County, District and Parish councils  and key partners. The event will be supported by a number of exhibition stands providing information for members and partners to share and there will also be opportunities to network.