Case Study – Winchester City Council

Getting from talk to action is the Holy Grail for LSPs, but the Winchester District Strategic Partnership (WDSP) took a step in the right direction when it used funding from Progress through Partnerships to hold an action planning event.

The aim of the event on the 28^th and 29^th June 2007 was to gain commitment to action from a wide variety of local partners – not just the ‘usual suspects’. Held over a day and a half, the event was split into three repeated sessions to ensure that as wide a group of partners could come at a time that suited them.

The Outcomes Based Accountability methodology was used to look at improving performance management. The workshops looked at the five key outcomes of the WDSP Community Strategy and participants identified a priority indicator for each outcome that they thought needed extra effort and action planning to make a real difference.

Existing data was used to create baselines and forecasts for the indicators and then delegates contributed actions and commitments that would have a positive impact on changing that forecast.

“The event was extremely successful in bringing together a good number of partners, both new and current,“ said LSP Manager Antonia Perkins. “The WDSP now has an impressive amount of individual and organisational commitments and actions which will contribute towards making the five key priorities for action a reality”

“These will form the basis of an action plan we can now monitor to see if what we are doing is having an effect. The event has also helped focus the partnership on action and performance management.”

As part of the event a ‘market place’ was also set up where partners could have stalls to showcase local projects.

For more information about the event, please contact Antonia Perkins, LSP Manager, on aperkins@winchester.gov.uk or 01962 848 314. To find out more about what the WDSP is doing, take a look at its dedicated website www.wdsp.co.uk

For more information on Outcomes Based Accountability, please contact Antonia Perkins or see www.raguide.org

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