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Right to bid – Stanwick Parish Council Stanwick Parish Council, Northamptonshire Nominated land in time to have it pulled from auction Purchased from reserves
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The best councils…
James Kingston
Department for Communities and Local Government
[email protected] 44617
17 October 2015
The best councils…
Right to bid – Stanwick Parish Council
Stanwick Parish Council, Northamptonshire
Nominated land in time to have it pulled from auction
Purchased from reserves
Cost-benefit analysis a key part of Our Place programme
Analyses show clear financial and other benefits from this way of working
Our Place - analysis
Neighbourhood level services – efficiencies and better outcomes
App
ropr
iate
geo
grap
hic
scal
e
Smaller Economies of scale
Co-design: Services
produced between provider
and user
Economies of Scope: achieved
through the ‘bundling’ of
services
Economies of density:
Local knowledge means you can identify where need is greatest
Economies of learning:
You can respond quicker,
experiment and
take risks
Economies of cost: You have lower cost base
and simpler purchasing
The outcome will be different for different
services types.
Larger
Co-design
Better
relationships means more engaged customers and greater
user satisfaction with the services you provide
Economies of scale
Economies of scale works in some circumstances – but
not all, e.g. where there are knowledge gaps or where need is not uniform.There are other ways to achieve
efficiencies
Economies of scope
Bringing services together could mean
sharing premises or staff; or enabling staff to better help
clients with a range of needs
Economies of cost
The parish tier
cost base is lower…
… and
procurement is easier
Economies of learning
You can be quicker to respond
experimentaltake risks
Economies of density
Local knowledge means you can identify
best where need is greatest
Lots of active parishes…
Significant
increases in community activity and services
Parishes well represented amongst users
Drivers of increased localism
Financial and demographic pressure. Trust in institutions and politics is low
People say they want more involvement – but they don’t always act on it.
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2012-13
2013-14
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Percentage who want to be more involved in local council de-
cisions
YesNoDepends on the issue
2012/13 2013/140
102030
Percentage involved in social action at least
once in their local area - 2012/13 and 2013/14
Redesigning public services
Local authorities looking for ways to redesign services and save money.
• Parish councils are well placed
• Much of this strength comes from effective engagement
Our Place – putting the community at the heart of decision making
Our Place
**********an Our Place programme area
deliver highways, grounds maintenance; provide a commercial service
a multi-disciplinary team tackling crime, antisocial behaviour and quality of life issues.
Our Place- in action
Advice and support from your peers
A range of
support programmes
My Community, My Community Network and community rights support
