Community Plan

What is the Community Plan?

The Community Plan has been produced by the Kingston Community Leadership Forum, a partnership organisation representing all sectors of the Kingston Borough Community. The Community Plan is an exciting new approach to the way we organise the wide range of public services available to the people of Kingston regardless of whether they are provided by the public, private or voluntary sectors. It is based on the simple notion that by working together service providers will be able to improve the quality of life for those who live, work in or visit our Borough.

The Plan sets out a ten-year vision for the Borough and key targets which the partnership will aim to achieve over this period.

What are the main themes in the Plan?

The Plan is organised into six key themes. These themes are based on the results of a piece of work carried out by the research organisation MORI. The public, the Council’s main partners, Councillors and Council workers were asked about their views on the Borough and what they would like to see happening over the next ten years. From this the following six themes were identified:

Environment
Community Safety
Health and Social Care
Education and Life Long Learning
Local Economy and Housing
Transport

Although these reflect the main priorities there are other issues, such as social inclusion and equalities which are so important that they cut across all the themes. Each key theme has a group that is working in partnership to address the main issues of this theme and along with the Community Leadership Forum they will make sure that the targets are implemented.

The Community Leadership Forum wants the Community Plan to be a living document that will set a framework for discussion between the various service providers and the wider Kingston Borough community.

Getting your Community Plan

To get a copy of the Plan sent to you please call: 020 8547 4628 or email community.plan@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

General Community Plan enquiries

Andrew Bessant, 020 8547 4628
Email: community.plan@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

Environment Theme

Rob Dickson, on 020 8547 4705
Email Rob.Dickson@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

Community Safety Theme

Marion Todd, Community Safety Officer on 020 8547 5039
Email Marion.Todd@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

Fire Safety

John Elwell (Borough Fire Commander) on 020 8390 9347
Email: john.elwell@london-fire.gov.uk

Health and Social Care Theme

Charlotte Fitzgerald (Head of Strategy and Performance, Community Services) on 020 8547 6002
Email Charlotte.Fitzgerald@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

Education and Lifelong Learning Theme

Scott Herbertson (Education and Leisure Directorate, Head of Leisure and Lifelong Learning) on 020 8547 5267
Email scott.herbertson@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

Local Economy Theme

John Mumford (Economic Development and Regeneration Co-ordinator) on 020 8547 4695
Email John.Mumford@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

Housing

Email: communityplan@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

Transport Theme

Julian Jones (Strategic Transport Planner) on 020 8547 4685
Email julian.jones@rbk.kingston.gov.uk