{"id":12,"date":"2012-01-24T22:40:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T22:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onenorbiton.org.uk\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2012-01-28T11:39:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T11:39:55","slug":"the-history-so-far","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onenorbiton.org.uk\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"The History so far"},"content":{"rendered":"

NORBITON WORKING TOGETHER \u2013 The History so far.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0I would like to qualify this report by stating that this is my view of what has led to this point.\u00a0 I have made a point of consulting with those who have been involved since the project began but this is in no way a formal document.<\/p>\n

In the Autumn of 2010 Neville Rainford invited people that he understood to be key members of the Norbiton Community to attend a meeting where this project would be explained.\u00a0 The meeting took place in December.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Community Planning Meeting (above), which is ongoing but has been superceded, for the time being, by the One Norbiton project, it was explained that Norbiton had been selected as one of nine pilot areas \u00a0by the Cabinet Office \u2013 and the only one \u00a0in the south. The pilot involves a review by the Community of public sector expenditure in the Norbiton Ward and, utilising existing budgets, the prioritised services will then be delivered through a combination of service providers, the voluntary sector, community groups and co-operatives. To inform this process a Community Working Group [CWG] needed to be set up \u00a0comprising Norbiton residents, those who work and pay business taxes in Norbiton plus those who play an active part in the Norbiton Community.<\/p>\n

At a meeting held on October 26th<\/sup> a \u2018Terms of Reference\u2019 was agreed which will effectively pass control of this project which had initially been led by RBK and the Equalities and Community Engagement Team [ECET] to the Community Working Group.\u00a0 We will work hand in hand with \u2018Professionals Group\u2019 and the \u2018Member Officer Group\u2019 to research what locals consider to be their top priorities and then make decisions about which areas ought to be allocated funding and at what level.<\/p>\n

In order to do this there is quite a substantial body of work that needs to be achieved.\u00a0 Top of this list is the formation and election of a CWG.\u00a0 This will be complied according to 2 clear groups.\u00a0 The first will be:<\/p>\n