Brechin and Montrose Locality Plan

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Our commitments in Brechin and Montrose

Tackling inequality

  • lessen the impact which poverty and inequality are having in our communities
  • reverse the trend in child poverty, specifically in East Brechin and South Montrose
  • target our efforts to improve the quality of life for people in parts of East Brechin and South Montrose
  • support all of our children and young people to achieve and attain at the highest level they can

Working together

  • to achieve the best possible outcomes for the locality
  • to put local people and places at the heart of our planning and delivery
  • to develop new ways of working
  • to establish a locality implementation partnership to ensure actions and commitments in this plan are delivered

Resources

  • develop our understanding of resources including staff, budgets, volunteering, networks, knowledge and facilities
  • develop a better understanding of how we are using resources now and where our challenges lie if we are to shift them to help address our shared priorities
  • make sure that the actions set out in this plan drive activity and the deployment of resources within each of our separate organisations..
  • invest in our people by providing the learning and support they need to help them deliver change.
  • shift and share resources by thinking in a more collective way

Prevention

  • shift our resources to where we think they can make the biggest difference in the long-term
  • giving greater priority to ensuring that children and young people get the best possible start in life
  • take early action when things start to go wrong

Accountability

  • use online media, the printed press, events and updates to local groups to keep everyone informed
  • carry out a yearly sense check with members of the community to find out if things are improving for them
  • make regular reports to the Angus community planning partnership executive group and through it to the partnership board
  • publish progress reports
  • review the plan