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The Merton Partnership
The Merton Partnership is the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) for the borough of Merton. The separate Merton Partnership website is a comprehensive resource recording the partnership's make-up and public meetings, and its aims and actions. It also has a secure member's area where papers for past and upcoming closed meetings are available.
What is the Merton Partnership?
The Merton Partnership is the overarching strategic partnership that seeks to place the needs of the community, the regeneration of the borough and the effective delivery of public services at the heart of what public agencies and their partners do.
The two mandatory duties of the Merton Partnership are to oversee the production of two major strategies - the Merton Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy and the Community Plan.
Governance arrangements for the Merton Partnerships have been agreed and are expressed in the Partnership's Governance Handbook. The Partnership's performance management arrangements are in the Performance Management Framework.
Membership of the Merton Partnership
The following organisations and staff are members of the Merton Partnership;
- The Leader of Merton Council
- the Chief Executive of Merton Council
- MP for Wimbledon
- MP for Mitcham and Morden
- the Borough Commander Merton Police
- the Borough Manager of Wimbledon Fire Stattion
- the Chair of Merton Chamber of Commerce
- the Partnerships Manager of Jobcentreplus
- the Chair of Merton Voluntary Service Council
- the Chief Executive of Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust
- the Principal of South Thames College
- Merton Interfaith Forum
- the Chair of Merton Unity Network
- the Managing Director of Merton Priory Homes
The Merton Partnership meets four times a year at the Civic Centre, and meetings are open to the public to observe. For meeting dates and minutes of previous meetings please click here.
For more information on the Merton Partnership, please contact the Policy and Partnerships team, Chief Executive's Department, by email at policyandpartnerships@merton.gov.uk or on 020 8545 4685 or by writing to:
Policy and Partnerships
Chief Executive's Department
Merton Civic Centre
London Road
Morden, SM4 5DX.
Local Area Agreement
The Merton LAA consists of targets and outcomes that focus on improving the quality of life of Merton residents and 'Bridging the Gap' between the deprived east and the more affluent west of the Borough. The Council and its partners will work together to deliver these targets.
All Councils must have a Local Area Agreement and the Merton Local Area Agreement runs from 2008-2011. It will be reviewed on an annual basis to ensure targets and indicators remain up to date and relevant. The 2009/10 review has been signed off by central government. The 2009/10 review and the original 2008-11 LAA can both be viewed on the Merton Partnership website.
Information Sharing
The Merton Partnership have prepared a series of pages where partners can share information about the local area. There are pages for each of the thematic partnerships. More details are available from the Merton Partnership Information Page.
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This page was last updated on Wednesday 18 August 2010