Mayor Alderman Hilary McClintock
LOCAL people will have the chance to give their views on the Local Community Plan for their area with the next round of Local Community Planning Workshops getting underway next week.
The workshops will take place in the seven district electoral areas and Strabane town, and anyone with a view on how they would like to enhance services and facilities in their area is encouraged to attend.
The Local Community Plans are being developed in tandem with the wider Community Plan, which will shape the long term strategic direction for the City and District, enhancing the delivery of public services and improving the well-being of citizens across the district.
Hundreds of local people across Derry and Strabane have already engaged with the process to date, providing the information needed to create specially tailored strategies to address the individual needs of each area.
In this fourth round of workshops, participants will now have the opportunity to discuss the governance and implementation models which will be used to deliver the actions identified within the plans.
Once the strategies are complete, local Community Planning fora will take on the role of overseeing the progression of the plans, liaising with Council and a wide range of Community and Statutory partners who have signed up to the Community Planning process.
These fora will play a key role in shaping public service delivery and realising the priorities identified in each community area.
The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane Council, Alderman Hilary McClintock, encouraged people to come along and find out more.
“The level of engagement with the Community Plan to date has been fantastic and as we near the final stages of the public engagement process I would love to see people coming along to the workshops to give their views on how it will be delivered and actioned.
“Inclusion is one of the most important elements of this process and we want to ensure that the plans are fully representative of each area, and that we can clearly chart their progress upon implementation.
“I would encourage anyone with ideas on the development of their Local Community Plan to come along to the workshops.”
Chief Executive of Derry City and Strabane District Council, John Kelpie, said he looked forward to nearing the final stages in the completion of the local plans.
“I want to thank everyone who has participated in the Local Community Planning process to date, we have been overwhelmed by the response from the public and we would like to see that momentum continuing.
“We now look forward to finalising the plans and co-designing the governance and implementation phase of the process.”
The latest round of workshops is the fourth in a series of public consultations, and will take place in venues across all local areas from January 19th – 26th.
Everyone is invited to attend, and all views are welcome.
For those who can’t make the workshops, you can also engage with the process through the Community Planning webpage, https://goo.gl/2LDvKp
To find out more about the dates and times of the workshops taking place in your area go to www.derrystrabane.com.localplans
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