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Communities Strategy: �Engagement approach���

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Working with our Communities – Context

  • Staffordshire County Council’s work with Communities is central to our Strategic Plan

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  • On 15th February 2023, our Cabinet agreed to develop an ambitious and innovative Communities Strategy for Staffordshire

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  • Developing a new Communities Strategy will give us a unique opportunity to challenge ourselves to think differently and build on our successes so far

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  • The strategy will help us articulate how we empower communities and will highlight the important role our residents play in helping their families, their neighbours, and the community they are part of.

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  • Now need to engage with our communities to understand what is important to people

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  • 12-week engagement period which will inform the strategy

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https://letstalk.staffordshire.gov.uk/communities-survey

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Range of engagement methods

  • Main focus: Survey for residents/businesses/students, targeting 2000 responses

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  • Wide range of additional activities to reach young people, seldom-heard voices, and strategic partners:
    • Online space where residents can engage with each other directly
    • Partner survey and range of partner workshops across the county
    • Separate work to hear from seldom-heard voices
    • Ongoing communications campaign throughout the engagement
    • Ongoing analysis of responses means we can identify any gaps that develop

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https://letstalk.staffordshire.gov.uk/communities-survey

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Key dates

  • Engagement launched – 7 November 2023

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  • Engagement closes – 31 January 2024

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  • Draft Strategy – July 2024

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https://letstalk.staffordshire.gov.uk/communities-survey

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How all partners can support this

  1. As individual residents of the county – please complete the resident survey

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  • With your networks, events, partners – please promote the survey and wider engagement work. We have a toolkit available with lots of materials you can use

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  • As strategic partners and organisations, please also complete the separate partner survey

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https://letstalk.staffordshire.gov.uk/communities-survey