Briefing

KCSC has worked with numerous stakeholders to develop a Charter for Public Participation in response to the Council’s request for responses to their recent six-month Borough and Area Governance Review. Local people asked for more clarity how they will make it easy for people to get involved in what the Council does, especially in Council decision-making. The council said...

"In response to their request, and to help us to deliver on our Council Plan commitments, we have drafted a Charter for Public Participation (available via this link). The new Charter will stand alone as our public commitment, as well as forming part of our Council’s Constitution."  

See here the full response from KCSC

This paper proposing contents of a Charter for Public Participation is the initiative of Kensington and Chelsea Social Council (KCSC) and has been written and finessed in conjunction with several members of the Grenfell Network Group (GNG). It's principal authors were Stephen Duckworth and Joe Batty with additional support from Moyra Samuels, Faisal Metalsi, Tom Charles, Abbas Dadou & Michael Ashe.

KCSC has engaged with RBKC’s Governance Review since its inception. Prior to this, we have worked in partnership with the Volunteer Centre Kensington and Chelsea to support the Centre for Public Scrutiny and Democracy Society to engage with local people and the voluntary and community sector in its review of the RBKC’s governance and decision-making structures. We have facilitated discussions through KCSC’s Grenfell Network Group meetings, submitted collective responses as the review has progressed, and attended and contributed to the Panel’s open meetings.

See here the full response from KCSC to the Borough and Governance Review Recommendations sent on 25 April 2019.

The Grenfell Network Group, a collaboration of residents, councillors and voluntary agencies wrote up a proposal for RBKC - Governance Review. The proposal is to provide a solid foundation for a community-led recovery within the five wards of North Kensington, and a model for increased public participation in decision-making across Kensington & Chelsea.

Download the proposal here

See also here KCSC's submission on Involving people in decision-making from the 28 November 2018.

This report brings together the learning to date from seven key areas that have focused on the integration of health and care services. The focus goes beyond the narrow definition of health and care to include more preventative approaches including services such as housing, social and community activity.

Integration

The concept behind an ACP is that a group of providers agree to work together to deliver care for a defined population by forming an ACP. They will be collectively responsible for commissioning services to deliver against a set of outcomes, designed by the ACP. Providers will work under a single contract with a single pooled budget to take joint responsibility for delivering services.

Accountable Care Partnerships (ACPs)

Involving people in decision-making- what does good look like?  How do local people want to be involved in decision-making (borough-wide and in local areas)?
 

Involving the voluntary and community sector in local decision-making processes
The Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) in Kensington and Chelsea play a vitally important role within Kensington and Chelsea in providing local services for residents. KCSC understands and appreciates the distinct difference between providing services for residents and ensuring that the voices of residents are integral to a decision-making process. The VCS is at the coalface and therefore ideally placed to understand and respond to local need, whilst advocating that public and voluntary sector services must be agile enough to respond to changing needs.

See here the full sbmission from KCSC to the Borough and Governance Review Recommendations sent on 28 November 2018.

Every health and care system in England will produce a multi-year Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP), showing how local services will evolve and become sustainable over the next five years.

Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs)

This document is intended to update the local voluntary sector on the latest developments in Health and Social Care.

The majority of the changes outlined stem from the NHS Five Year Forward View . A key theme, running through all documents referred to in this paper is the further integration between Health and Social Care, an increasing emphasis on prevention, and a focus on the need for radical change to tackle efficiency savings. 

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Health Policy and Transformation - Key documents

The findings of our year long research project examining food poverty in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. This report highlights the experiences of food aid providers and recipients, and is based on work carried out in partnership with seven local charities. 

Download the report here  (PDF 790kb)