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, based on three crucial areas of knowledge:
- what local people told us they wanted to see
- what the statistics told us
- Worthing Together's own specialised understanding of the town and its needs
A lot has happened in Worthing since 2004. A new Community Strategy is needed, embedding national priorities such as sustainable communities*, end climate change, and integrating policies and plans for the development of Worthing for the next two decades, based on local needs.
Work is underway to update our knowledge base about local needs, that will underpin the new Sustainable Community Strategy. In the meantime, Worthing Together has produced an interim strategy which draws on previous knowledge, but also sets out many useful initiatives that will prepare the ground for the final Sustainable Community Strategy in due course.
*For a definition of 'sustainable' communities, see the introduction to the interim Sustainable Community Strategy.
For further information, please contact:
The Community Planning Team
Worthing Borough Council Tel: 01903 221007
Portland House, Richmond Road Email: comm.planning@worthing.gov.uk
WORTHING, West Sussex
BN11 1T