Supporting stronger and healthier communities
We will:
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Support community groups to deliver services that help address inequalities.
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Alleviate homelessness by increasing housing supply and providing early interventions and housing options advice.
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Encourage and support local third sector organisations to increase and develop community owned assets through the management and operation of community halls, centres and other public assets available for community transfer.
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Ensure our housing stock meets quality standards and our tenants live in good quality homes.
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Support and safeguard children and adults where protection concerns have been raised.
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Improve the way we engage with residents to increase residents influence on decision making.
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Help people participate in activities that improve health & wellbeing with particular focus on inclusivity and those who experience barriers to participation such as poverty, inequality and disability.
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Develop community mental health and wellbeing services to provide a range of support for everyone in the community.
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Work with Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) and partners to deliver adult health and social care services in line with the IJB strategic plan.
Success measures:
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Undertake organisational health checks to identify and source training for community groups and committee members, to develop skills and assist with funding applications to increase capacity and resilience.
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Increase the number of people attending training/development courses to help increase capacity and resilience of community groups.
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Establishment of Community Anchor Organisations increases across the life of this plan.
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More community participation requests.
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More communities taking control over the places they meet in (asset transfers).
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Increase the number of additional affordable homes – by building new homes and through the ‘buy back’ programme.
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Track a number of measures to monitor homelessness including the number of days it takes to secure permanent housing.
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Reduce the number of days it takes to complete nonemergency repairs to our housing stock.
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Increase the percentage of stock meeting the Scottish Housing Quality Standard.
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Increase the percentage of stock meeting Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing.
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Ensure that every child on the child protection register has a protection plan.
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Monitor the percentage of Child Protection Planning Meetings held within 28 days.
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Monitor the number of Duty to Inquire cases for adults.
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Monitor the number of Interagency Referral Discussions (IRD’s) for adults.
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Monitor the number of Investigations for adults.
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Increase the percentage of Falkirk Council budgets subject to Participatory Budgeting.
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Increase income of our Sport & Leisure provision.
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Maintain participation of our Sport & Leisure provision.
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Maintain satisfaction rating for customers using the Sport & Leisure provision.
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Increase the 'GoCard Plus' uptake and usage within the Sport and Leisure service.
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Deliver three new projects focused on improving children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing and supporting families.
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Work with Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) and partners to monitor performance.