SEE THE BOROUGH'S FUTURE
NTSP is pleased to announce that North Tyneside’s Sustainable Community Strategy for 2007-10 is now complete.
Prepared by NTSP partners after extensive consultation with residents and local organisations, the strategy details the vision for North Tyneside in 2030 and describes actions to be taken in the short, medium and long term to move us towards this.
North Tyneside is a borough of considerable strengths and potential, which NTSP partners want to build on to establish a sustainable community - one where people want to live and work, both now and in the future.
John Harrison, Elected Mayor and Chair of the NTSP Executive said: “We want to create a borough which has opportunities for everyone – whether they be social, economic, learning or employment. One agency alone cannot do this, but the different agencies and organisations who are part of NTSP can help create this by working in partnership.”
“The most significant challenge for NTSP is that a considerable gap in standards exists between some deprived areas and the rest of the borough, in terms of education, health, crime, housing, environment and employment,” said Jan Worters, Chief Officer of VODA and a member of the NTSP Executive. “Closing this gap is our key priority, which underpins everything we do.”
One of the ways NTSP will tackle this is via actions laid out in the strategy, which other public sector agencies will take into consideration when drawing up their own plans.
There are six themes in the strategy:
- A Diverse Borough
- An Enterprising Borough
- A Learning Borough
- A Healthy Borough
- An Accessible Borough
- A Borough of Sustainable Neighbourhoods
‘Closing the gap’ between the most deprived neighbourhoods in the borough and the rest (North Tyneside and the rest of the country) is its central focus. There are also separate chapters for the north east, south east, north west and south west areas of the borough.
Closer: North Tyneside's Sustainable Community Strategy 2007-10
Position Statement
The key issues, challenges and questions in this report provided a basis for the debate needed to develop priorities for the long-term vision for the borough and new Sustainable Community Strategy.
