The
North Somerset Local Area Agreement (LAA) is
a three-year agreement between the Government, ourselves and our
partners.
The LAA is aimed at improving the quality of life for local people
through better joint working practices and by strengthening local
services. It is a key delivery mechanism of the Sustainable
Community Strategy.
We have agreed and submitted a new LAA which runs from June 2008
until March 2011.
The new LAA contains 69 targets aimed at tackling local priorities
and is based around four key policy areas:
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Children and young people
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Economic development and environment
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Health and wellbeing
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Safer and stronger communities
The targets were agreed by the
Government Office for the South
West, representing Government, and the
North Somerset
Partnership (NSP), acting on behalf of the local area.
The NSP is made up of key agencies from within the local private,
voluntary and statutory sectors.
At the end of the three years if certain challenging targets are
met the area will be eligible to receive additional reward grant
funding.
The new LAA could attract an additional £1.1m into the area.