Investment in community infrastructure

Negotiating a programme of investment in community facilities through the planning process on major developments.

Grant programmes

Easy to access grant programmes for capital investment in communities and local initiatives supported by district councillors.

Youth and democracy

Delivering a programme of Citizenship training to East Hampshire school children, and providing an opportunity for young people to participate in democracy through the East Hampshire Youth Council.

Delivering high quality events, such as Butserfest, to enable young people to participate in.

Community engagement

Providing regular opportunities for local communities to meet their local district and town or parish councillor, and discuss topics of local interest.

East Hampshire’s strengths• An outstanding natural

environment, part of the South Downs National Park, offering excellent links to both coast and countryside

• An excellent network of arts and culture, sports clubs and organisations and strong community and leisure facilities to attract people of all ages and backgrounds

• Strong communities offering excellent quality of life in our vibrant and attractive market towns and villages

Our leading productsLeading products developed and delivered by East Hampshire District Council to support communities:

Investment in leisure

By taking a more commercial approach to developments in our area we are able to invest in modernising our leisure infrastructure at Alton, Petersfield and Whitehill & Bordon.

Joint commissioning of services

We operate in a commissioning environment with local community and voluntary sector partners. We will work in partnership to ensure we enable delivery of appropriate services to protect our environment, develop our economy and support our vulnerable residents and young people.

VisionOur vision is for East Hampshire to be a place where organisations and communities work together to improve the quality of life for all who live, work or play in the district.

We have recently entered into a commissioning agreement with the Wilson Patient Participation Group for the delivery of the annual Alton Health Fayre and the roll out of Health Fayres across the district.

We are currently overseeing the delivery of major community infrastructure investments as a result of significant development at Clanfield. The facilities will include a community sports centre, sports pitches, tennis courts, allotments, multi use games area and local playground.

Community Strategy

SUPPORTING ACTIVITY

InfrastructureDeliver community and leisure infrastructure across the district

We will work with developers, Parish Councils and the community to deliver high quality and sustainable community and leisure facilities that meet local need.

Capitalise on development and regeneration opportunities to enhance community facilities

We will work with the Planning service to ensure the provision of sufficient community facilities on new development sites.

Ensure best use of our assets across the district

We will work with our town and parish councils to ensure community facilities offer complimentary services.

EmpowermentCommunities taking responsibility

We will encourage communities to work with their town and parish councils to target local priorities and initiatives.

Provide funding so communities can deliver local priorities

We will help bridge funding gaps by making grant funding available so communities can deliver local priorities.

We will commission services from the voluntary and community sector which meet local priorities.

Celebrating sporting successes

We will support our high performing local sports associations in their league promotion endeavours. We will also work to encourage participation and celebrate local successes at our annual Sports Awards.

PartnershipsCommunity organisations working in partnership to enhance community wellbeing

We recognise the added value the community and voluntary sector brings, and will support them through our commissioning framework to work together, in partnership with the council, for the good of the local community.

A whole council approach to enabling communities

We will all put the community at the heart of what we do, investing our time to build trust and understanding with the voluntary & community sector.

Strategic focusThree pillars that will drive the delivery of our vision