The Local Government Act 2000 introduced a requirement for each local authority to develop a Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) that brings together the public, private, business, voluntary and community sectors to identify the top priorities for the local community and to work with local people to address them. In the Royal Borough, this Partnership is known as the Kensington and Chelsea Partnership.

The Local Area Agreement is a set of targets which show how the Partnership is delivering its priorities in the local area. In Kensington and Chelsea, the Local Area Agreement is ‘Delivering for Our Community.’ The K&C LINk is mindful of the priorities contained therein when setting our work plan for the year, especially aims 15-18 focusing on Health and Social Care and the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA).

The K&C LINk engages with the development and monitoring of these processes via active representation on the Community, Equality and Inclusivity Partnership (CEIP) and the Voluntary Organisations Forum (VOF) and sub-group structure. For example in 2010, the LINk was involved in assessing the experience of users as part of the VOF review.

The Host and Chair continue to meet with the RBKC Community Engagement Team on a regular basis. The K&C LINk membership has also engaged with on other Council priorities including the Census 2011, the Single Equality Scheme and the Gold Standard Award for Residents’ and Tenants’ Associations. In addition to the health related LINk priorities already outlined on this website, the K&C LINk has provided insight and guidance to the NHS K&C, Healthcare for London and Central London Community Healthcare on a variety of topics including community engagement, World Class Commissioning, the NHS Constitution, Cardiology and Dentistry.

To read more about our work with NHS K&C/INWL NHS please see: http://www.rbkclink.org/nhs-kc/

To read more about our work with RBKC (Adult Social Care) please see the Mental Health or Older People’s pages under ‘Our Work‘