Open Consultations

Safeguarding Adults Review

A consultation on the Review of the 'No Secrets' Guidance (on keeping adults safe, issued in 2000) has been launched by the Department of Health, the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. The review has been prompted by changes in the government's vision, identified weaknesses and to examine the case for legislative change. There are questions for a wide range of stakeholders, from lawyers and social workers to the public and service users.

Responses by 31st January 2009,

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_089098

Rother District Council

New “Consultation on Strategy Directions” document is now available to the public. It is also n the website to view at www.rother.gov.uk/corestrategy Available in all the Council Help Points - summary document is free, charge of £10 for the whole document.

The Core Strategy will form the heart of the Council’s Local Development Framework (LED) and will set out how the development in the District is to be managed. This will eventually replace the current Local Plan and is one of the most important documents the Council has
to produce.

This consultation closes on the 30th January. There are a number of exhibitions taking place in the Ddistrict which will all be fully supported by planning staff. They need as many comments as possible as they want this to be a genuine consultation. There is huge imprtance to get this first stage right as it will affect how Rother will grow and specifically affects your area. This is your chance to shape it.

The Big Lottery Fund

is urging organisations and individuals to engage in the debate on how its grant programmes between 2009 and 2015, expected to be over £2 billion, should be allocated. It has set up a Big Thinking web site at http://www.big-thinking.org.uk for the public consultation

Improving Social Fund Operation

Views are invited on a range of proposals to improve how the Social Fund operates, to
provide more effective help to allow more people to overcome financial exclusion. The focus is on partnership with third sector organisations such as Credit Unions to deliver the loans to Social Fund customers as well as financial advice and other financial services. 'The
Social Fund: A new approach' is in
pdf, 85KB at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/consultations/2008/social-fund-new-approach.pdf
- respond by 23rd December.