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Dianna Lowe - August 2008
locality.working@kirklees.gov.uk
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The council is committed to improving services delivered at a local level. One way of contributing to this is by aligning council services and key partners so that they can operate together more effectively in our seven localities across Kirklees.
The three goals of locality working
- Better common understanding of place and priorities within each locality
- Better and more co-ordinated engagement of residents and councillors in developing responsive, locally sensitive services and investment to shape those places
- Services and partners working better together to improve life for residents.
One of the benefits of locality working is more interaction between front line staff working in localities. We
recognise that this already happens in some localities and between some services but through locality working we can
better support staff to be creative in solving the issues they face and improve the service they deliver.
The seven localities
| Batley, Birstall and Birkenshaw |
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| Denby Dale and Kirkburton |
| Dewsbury and Mirfield |
| Huddersfield North |
| Huddersfield South |
| Spen Valley |
| The Valleys |
Council services and locality champions
All council services are committed to locality working. Key services are planning and developing their approach to
locality working and many others have invested a lot of time and effort into making it happen.
Each of these services has identified a locality champion to help them promote and communicate locality working across
their service area. They are responsible for promoting joint working and making sure their service communicates
with partners across the localities.
Locality champions
The locality champions for these key services are:
Locality leads
Each of these services - and our key partners the police, health and fire services - have identified locality leads.
The locality leads meet to increase their mutual understanding of each locality, of the work of other services and how
they engage with residents. They are at the forefront of helping their service deliver locality working. Your
locality champion can give you the names of the locality leads for your patch.
Locality working is a strong priority for the council's political administration. Cabinet member Councillor Andrew
Palfreeman is also a leading member of the Locality Working Programme Board which is charged with making sure locality
working delivers the three goals outlined above.
The board is working with councillors and services to develop locality plans, which will set out the ambitions and
priorities for each locality. These plans will influence your service plan and budget setting process, the Local
Area Agreement and the Community Strategy.
Schedule
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June 2008: 6 of the 7 Locality Coordinators will be in post in early June
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September 2008: Listening to you events
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26 September 2008: Locality working stakeholder event
Contact
For further information contact Dave Thompson, Programme Manager for Locality Working:
Tel: 01484 456835
Email: dave.thompson@kirklees.gov.uk
If you are in one of the services listed earlier, contact your locality champion.
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Batley, Birstall and Birkenshaw - Locality Plan (pdf 363Kb) 
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