The South Hams Strategic Partnership comprises representatives from a wide range of organisations and agencies that deliver services at a local level in the South Hams. The Partnership was formed to deliver the South Hams Community Strategy (2003-2006) and through working together the organisations involved aim to improve the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the people of the South Hams.
Remit of the Partnership:
To identify areas where working together across service and organisational boundaries has the potential to deliver greater benefit for the people of the South Hams.
Aims of the Partnership:
- Improve strategic co-ordination and communication between key agencies and organisations serving and supporting the people of the South Hams;
- Promote social, economic and environmental well-being;
- Steer and champion the delivery of the South Hams Sustainable Community Strategy.
The Partnership has a Steering Group to monitor and measure progress towards delivering the South Hams Sustainable Community Strategy. Key members of the Steering Group include:
South Hams District Council (Home page)
Devon County Council
Devon Primary Care Trust
South Hams Community and Voluntary Services
South Hams Voluntary Sector Forum
South Devon College
Devon and Cornwall Police
Environment Agency
Tor Homes
Dartmoor National Park Authority
The Steering Group's meetings are not open to the public, but the minutes of their meetings are available here along with the Strategic Partnership's Newsletters:
Community Partnership Forum
The Partnership also has a Community Partnership Forum, which comprises many community groups, stakeholder groups and other local, county and regional organisations with an interest in the South Hams. For a list of organisations represented please refer to 
Community Partnership Forum Membership. The Forum meets twice a year to network and to feedback on activities supporting the South Hams Sustainable Community Strategy. The minutes of the last few meetings are below:
Community Partnership Forum Minutes
Themed working groups of organisations and representatives with similar interests have been developed to deliver specific actions and projects in the South Hams Sustainable Community Strategy 2007-2011.
South Hams Sustainable Community Strategy Initial Action Plan 2006-2008
The Initial Action Plan 2006-2008 has now been completed and was formally signed off by the Partnership's Steering Group at its meeting on 12/05/2008. Please refer to Completed Initial Action Plan 2006-2008 for details of the actions which the Partnership has delivered. A new Action Plan is currently being prepared.
Partnership Support for Community Planning
The organisations that make up the Partnership can support communities in developing community plans and taking local action. Please refer to Community Planning in the South Hams - who can help us? for contact details.
Devon Communities in Action is a new website, supported by the Partnership, which gives communities and agencies on-line access to community plans from across Devon. Please refer to Guidance Notes for an overview of the website's functions and benefits, along with registration and log in instructions.
The following are related links:
