Find out more about the Local Strategic Partnership

Local strategic partnerships (LSPs) are voluntary frameworks made up of key partners operating within local authority boundaries, working together to rationalise community planning.  Members come from the public, private and community sectors, with the aims of improving accountability, ensuring responsive and 'joined up' public services, and encouraging sustainable development.  Although not compelled to have a local strategic partnership, councils do have a duty of community leadership and a duty to publish a community strategy, and as they cannot do this alone, most local authorities have found the most efficient way to undertake the work is via a formal local strategic partnership.

 Woking's Local Strategic Partnership held its inaugural meeting in June 2001, and published the first Community Strategy in 2002.  The Partnership meets quarterly, and currently has representatives from:

• Woking Borough Council
• Surrey County Council
• Surrey Primary Care Trust
• Surrey Police
• Woking Association of Voluntary Service (WAVS)
• Woking Community Learning Partnership (WCLP)
• Woking Chamber

As well as core members of the LSP, a system of Linked Partners has been set up, to ensure the views and experience of the wider community can inform the work of he Partnership.