| STRATEGIC
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES STRATEGIC
AIMS - A
Healthier Community
- Education
and Lifelong Learning
- Wealth
Creation
- A
Safer Environment
- Reconnecting
Disaffected Young People
- An
environment of Social Inclusion
- Social
Inclusion
- Capacity
Building
- Sustainability
STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVES A
HEALTHIER COMMUNITY - To
improve the health of those living within the geographic area represented by the
SACK so that they can expect to live into old age and in good health.
- To
reduce health inequalities between communities living in the areas.
- To
enable those with community care needs and their carers to acquire appropriate
support.
EDUCATION
AND LIFELONG LEARNING - To
raise attainment at all stages of the statutory education process to improve results
at 'key stages' of education, eg SATS, GCSE & vocational equivalents and beyond.
- To
improve levels of basic skills (literacy & numeracy).
- To
develop better qualified, more flexible and motivated individuals to respond to
their own and employer future needs.
- To
meet the specific English language needs of recent arrivals to the UK.
WEALTH
CREATION - To
improve the level of employment.
- To
reduce the number of people excluded from the labour market by improving employment
rates amongst the disadvantaged groups the association's organisations represent.
- To
reduce the number within the disadvantaged groups with low incomes
A
SAFER ENVIRONMENT
- To
reduce the level of crime, or fear of crime, in the area (particularly those of
high crime).
- To
recreate a sense of pride/community and of 'belonging' throughout the geographic
area.
RECONNECTING
DISENGAGED YOUNG PEOPLE - To
invest in young people by tackling disaffection and non-participation to enable
young people to make a success of adult life by engaging in education, training
or employment.
SOCIAL
INCLUSION AND COHESION - To
work together to tackle social inclusion when people or areas suffer from a combination
of linked problems eg racism, poor skills, bad health, crime and the fear of crime,
low incomes, unemployment, poor educational achievement.
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