The North Yorkshire Strategic Partnership (NYSP) brings together the principal public sector agencies responsible for promoting the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of communities in the County, together with partners from the voluntary and community and business sectors and each of the district level local strategic partnerships.

 

Members if the NYSP recognise that they can do more with their limited resources if they focus their efforts jointly on a common understanding of communities’ needs and so have established the strategic partnership to that end.

 

The role of the NYSP is to provide leadership and to drive forward action in relation to identified issues where cross-cutting working would deliver benefits of co-ordination, resource management or avoidance of duplication.  Our intention is to plan work jointly and to promote partnership work to deliver added value to the communities we serve.  

 

The NYSP has four components:

 

The Wider Partnership.  This is open to all organisations and partnerships interested in the wellbeing of North Yorkshire’s communities.  Meeting in conference style annually, this body has shown itself to be a good forum for consultation and briefing.  It has had a positive input to the development of NYSP policy and the content of the LAA.

The NYSP Partnership.  This establishes and maintains the policy framework for the work of the Partnership, as set out in the Sustainable Community Strategy for North Yorkshire (SCS).  The Partnership will also set the priorities of the Local Area Agreement (LAA).  Membership of the Partnership includes all those partners under a duty to cooperate in the formulation of a sustainable community strategy and in the delivery of a LAA, together with others identified as important locally, for example each Local Strategic Partnership and representatives of elected councillors.

 

The NYSP Executive. This ensures that the priorities of the NYSP are taken forward.  Membership comprises chief executives of the principal public sector agencies in the county together with representatives of the voluntary and community and business sectors.

 

Six Thematic Partnerships provide strategic partnership arrangements for issues within their remit.  They have responsibility for creating detailed plans around the following thematic issues and for ensuring their delivery:

·        Adults’ Strategic Partnership

·        Healthier Communities Strategic Partnership

·        North Yorkshire Children & Young People’s Strategic Partnership

·        York & North Yorkshire Development Board (economy and enterprise)

·        York & North Yorkshire Safer Communities Forum

·        York & North Yorkshire Rural Partnership – Stronger Communities