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Partnership working with Adur and Worthing

Adur DC and Worthing BC logosOn 5th March 2010, Adur and Worthing councils scooped a prestigious award for their groundbreaking partnership from Improvement and Efficiency South East (IESE). The two council leaders, Neil Parkin and Paul Yallop and chief executive, Ian Lowrie were presented with the progress through innovation award.

The award is for delivering significant results through new ways of working and is recognition for the project, the first in the country to have one workforce working for two councils. This example is now being followed up and down the country as councils look at ways to save money and provide quality services.

The Adur and Worthing partnership is set to make savings of £2.2 million pounds in this financial year and expects to make a total of £6.4 million pounds in savings by 2012/13. The savings have been made without losing any front line services and by finding more efficient ways of working.

The two councils have one chief executive, one management team and a joint workforce of about 1000 and many of them work in shared teams.

The two leaders are over the moon to receive this award. Adur Council Leader, Neil Parkin said: “I’m delighted all the hard work by staff and councillors that has gone into this partnership is recognised by this sought after award.”

Worthing Borough Council, Paul Yallop added: “We are so pleased to receive formal recognition of the massive effort that has been put into this work. Being a pioneer is never easy and there were some doubters along the way. I would like to thank all the staff of Worthing and Adur for their commitment and hard work. There is still much to achieve and we look forward to developing more joined up services which will deliver improvements and cost savings for our residents. We are also advising many other councils who now wish to follow our lead.”

If you require any further information on this project you may wish to contact :

  • Ian Lowrie, Joint Chief Executive
    for questions on the senior management structure and the strategic decision taken by both Councils.
    Tel. 01903 221001 or e-mail ian.lowrie@worthing.gov.uk
  • Carol Stephenson, Adur and Worthing Partnership Programme Manager
    for more detailed information about the programme of activity and the processes we have put in place.
    Tel. 01273 263205 or e-mail carol.stephenson@adur.gov.uk
  • Heather Lumby, Improvement and Efficiency South East
    for the involvement and support provided by IESE and an overview of the project as a whole.
    Tel. 07738 194 957 e-mail heather.lumby@southeastiep.gov.uk
  • Or visit either Adur or Worthing council’s websites on www.adur.gov.uk or www.worthing.gov.uk partnership pages where all of the background documentation including committee reports containing information on the rationale behind why we are going down this path, the issues we have overcome on the way, the timetable for and copies of the high level business cases, the communications strategy etc. are readily available.

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High Level Business Cases

Executive Heads of Service are developing Business Cases, these will set out how the joint services will be delivered in the future and how they will be brought together across the Councils over the coming two years.

All business cases will have to go through the Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee following by the Joint Strategic Committee (with the exception of Adur Homes which will be considered within the Adur political structure).

High Level Business Cases :

Also other strategic committee reports and background information :

 

Committee information :

Joint Committees with Worthing Borough Council :

Simultaneous Executive Meetings (SEMS) :

Report to SEMS 12-07-2007 :

Report to SEMS 15-03-2007 :

Report to SEMS 21-09-2006 :

Council meetings :

Report to Adur District Council Full Council meeting 23-07-2007 :

Report to Worthing Borough Full Council meeting 24-07-2007 :

Presentation to both council meetings :

  • Presentation (.PPT 6,655kb) - large file size may take some time to open

Report to Adur District Council Full Council meeting 29-03-2007 :

Report to Worthing Borough Full Council meeting 27-03-2007 :

Report to Adur District Council Full Council meeting 05-10-2006 :

Report to Worthing Borough Full Council meeting 03-10-2006 :

Media releases :

 

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Democratic Services,
Adur District Council,
Civic Centre, Ham Road,
Shoreham-by-Sea,
West Sussex, BN43 6PR
Tel : (01273) 263291
Fax : (01273) 263126
Minicom : (01273) 263060
Send Democratic Services an e-mail
website : www.adur.gov.uk

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