Vision for Kent - The Story So Far
The revised version of the Sustainable Community Strategy
- Vision for Kent was published in April 2006. Kent
County Council has led a robust and collaborative review
of the Vision, on behalf of the Kent Partnership over
the last year.
The original Vision for Kent (V4K) was first published
in 2002. The revised version sought to build on the
success of the first document, and engage stakeholders
and partners across Kent in refreshing the Vision for
the next 20 years.
Aims of the Consultation Process
The aims of the Vision for Kent consultation process
were to:
- Enable stakeholders to input, comment upon and
generally influence the V4K
- Ensure clear linkages between the V4K and all other
relevant strategies and plans
- Produce an expression of common vision, priority
and purpose, built upon goodwill and common interest
- Disseminate/Increase public awareness of the V4K
Who has been involved?
The consultation process involved partners from the
public, private, voluntary and community sectors across
the county.
The consultation was primarily aimed at:
- Members of the Kent Partnership
- District Councils
- Local Strategic Partnerships
- Other organisations who have a county-wide or regional
interest
The early stages of the intensive consultation process
were not aimed at communities and members of the public.
This was because the review was of a high level, strategic
nature and many stakeholders who were engaged in the
process had already undertaken relevant public and community
consultations that the Vision for Kent could draw upon.
Now the Vision is adopted it is widely available to
everyone and a public summary is also available.
Consultation Timetable
| Month |
Activity |
Who |
Output |
| June |
Information and data gathering, esp. LAA
outcomes, district community plans etc. |
KCC and Theme Leaders |
Series of theme papers showing how the theme links
with LAA and other strategies |
| July |
Theme based workshops
x 8 for Kent Partnership |
Key Partners |
Material to inform drafting of each theme, including
theme priorities and comments on overarching vision |
| August |
Drafting of themes and compilation |
V4K Sub-group |
Draft themes compiled into one document - first
draft revised V4K |
| September |
On-line consultation on first draft V4K
document.
Open Day to register for online consultation.Redrafting |
All stakeholders |
Comments on first draft revised V4K |
| October |
Online consultation ends |
V4K Sub-Group |
Second draft V4K |
| November |
Kent Partnership Conference (18/11)
Prepare draft for wider consultation |
Key Partners |
Comments on second draft V4K. Priorities and actions |
| December |
Young Persons Event |
Kent Youth County Council |
Comment from youth perspective on what a vision
for Kent could be |
January
February |
Article in Around Kent to public
Online consultation
Final amendments to V4K
Inclusion in business plans
District Roadshows
|
KCC
All stakeholders
KCC and theme leaders
|
Awareness of V4K
Comments on second draft V4K.
Final draft for adoption
Comments, adoption of V4K
|
| April |
Formal adoption of V4K |
KCC, Kent Partnership and all Key Partners |
Adopted V4K |
| On-going |
Monitoring, liaison. |
Kent Partnership |
Implementation via an Action Plan |
Consultation Documents
Consultation
Plan
For a full description of all the consultation activities
on the Vision for Kent review
Theme Workshop Records
These are the records from the 8 theme workshops held
in July/August 2005. The content in these records helped
to form the first draft of the Vision for Kent.
Online Consultation Reports
Two sessions of online consultation were held to allow
people to comment on the draft Vision documents online.
The online consultation was managed by Dialogue By Design.
All comments are available to view on http://kentvision.dialoguebydesign.net
Kent
Partnership Conference Report
For a full record of all the workshops held at the
annual Kent Partnership Conference in November 2005.
Young
Persons Event Report
For a full record of all the comments provided by the
Kent Youth County Council (KYCC) in December 2005
|
