Worthing Together brings together organisations and individuals from across Worthing in a unique partnership to tackle the issues that matter most to local people.

As a framework for making improvements, in 2004, Worthing Together produced a community strategy called The Town We Want.

A lot has happened since 2004.  A new community strategy is needed, based on changing local needs, and embedding national priorities such as sustainable communities, and climate change. A new plan will need to integrate policies and infrastructure plans for the development of Worthing for the next two decades.

As a bridging measure, Worthing’s Interim Sustainable Community Strategy of 2008 was produced. Then Worthing Together agreed to work together with neighbouring Local Strategic Partnership, Adur in Partnership,  towards a joint Sustainable Community Strategy, which will supersede all the earlier strategies of both areas.  It will be called Waves Ahead. 

    Waves Ahead will be based on:

• what the statistics tell us
• the  specialised understanding of the town and its needs that Worthing Together partners can contribute

• what local people tell us they want to see

We are currently asking local people – both groups and individuals – to comment on the list of local needs that we have already gathered, and to tell us what their priorities are for tackling these.  We need this information by 12 February 2010.  Please let us have your views and encourage others to give theirs too.  For an online questionnaire please click on the following link:
http://www.worthing.gov.uk/do-it-online/consultations/snap/waves-ahead-indiv/wavesahead.htm