Cabinet Member post

Responsibilities

·   Community Empowerment

·   Community Relations (incl. Faith and interfaith relations)

·   Community Safety

·   Croydon Congress

·   Community Ward Budgets

·   Credit Union

·   Customer Call Centre

·   Domestic & Sexual Violence – with the Cabinet Members for Children, Young People & Learning and Families, Health & Social Care*

·   Equalities

·   Opportunity and Fairness Commission

·   Evening Economy (with the Cabinet Member for Economy & Jobs), Regulatory Services & Licencing

·   Single Enforcement & Street based presence – with the Cabinet Member for Clean Green Croydon

·   Voluntary and community Sector Funding

·   Welfare & Benefits Service

·   Youth Offending Service – with the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Learning

Projects and Programmes

Local Strategic Partnership (LSP)

·       Community Strategy development and implementation to provide the strategic direction for the work of all LSP partners to progress towards achievement of Croydon’s 2040 vision.

·       Bi-annual Croydon Congress, next meeting to focus on social isolation and loneliness (June 2016).

Stronger Communities Partnership Board

·      Develop and deliver Stronger Communities Plan 2016-19.

Community funding and support

·      Community Fund commissioning to strengthen community and voluntary sector relations.

·      Croydon Community Grants launch and delivery of programme.

·      Community Ward Budgets - review the pilot, relaunch and delivery of 2016/17 programme.

·      Review of community use of council assets.

·      Asset of Community Value policy.

Safer Croydon Partnership Board

·      Producing the 2017-20 Community Safety Strategy, with data from partner agencies used to produce a Strategic Crime Assessment and a public consultation on the strategic priorities.

Safety

·      Measures to tackle gang violence and violent crime.

·      Implementation of the Child Sexual Exploitation Strategy and Action Plan.

·      Implementation of the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategy.

·      “Eyes and Ears” - harnesses community action to help deal with environmental crime and anti-social behaviour in partnership with Council multi-skilled street based enforcement operatives.

Opportunity and Fairness Commission’s (OFC)

·      Embed its recommendations in the Council’s strategies and plans.

Equalities

·      Achieve the equality objectives for 2016-20.

·      Annual report on progress in embedding equality and inclusion in the Council.

·      Equality Framework for Local Government - seeking to obtain an excellent ranking.

Policy Developments

·   Counter-Extremism and Safeguarding Bill includes a new civil order regime to restrict extremism.

·   Policing and Criminal Justice Bill includes provisions for emergency services collaboration, bringing fire and rescue services under the Mayor of London’s control.

·  Mayor of London to work with Boroughs on neighbourhood policing, a London-wide gangs strategy and ensure the Met puts community relations first.