DELIVERING SUCCESSION STRATEGIESSome lessons from the New Deal for Communities Programme

4 December 2008 SHARED INTELLIGENCE

MOVING FORWARD FROM THE NDC PROGRAMME

What we did…• Find out about progress

and learning• Scoping workshop for all

NDCs• 6 case studies

• Bradford • Brighton• North Fulham• Salford• Sheffield• West Middlesbrough

• Discussion with NDC Chairs and CEs

• Report and summary to CLG

WHY?

HOW?

Progress & outstanding

work on specific themes

Role of NDC in neighbourhood governance and

community infrastructure

Evaluation of Leeds

INM Programm

e

WHAT?

A strategic approach to succession

Sustain benefits

Complete unfinished business

Sustain resident and community

engagement

Respond to new challenges and opportunities

Why bother with succession?

KEY PROCESSES– Partnership working– Community engagement– Regeneration

infrastructure

…are more important than specific themes

WHAT is being sustained?

Developing community assets

Influencing the

development of

neighbourhood

working

Influencing mainstream

strategy and delivery Setting up independent community

organisations

Setting up social enterprises

HOW are NDCs planning for succession?

Focusing on VCS support

& capacity building

• Planning and managing succession in practice

Or• How do you get

from where you are now to where you want to be?

And• Live to tell the tale?

And we learned about…

Key success factors - plans

trust arrangements and asset

management

transition strategy

strategic succession plan

Key success factors - people

• Good relationship between NDC and the local authority

• Links to partners’ agendas

• Community on board

• Staff skills and expertise

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