The Consultation

The SCS and LAA Consultation

To develop Our 2020 Vision, we did a lot of consultation with the Lambeth community. In April 2007, we reviewed our current policies and existing local data. This resulted in the publication of the ‘State of the Borough’ report which contains statistics and perception data for Lambeth.

A series of community consultations were then used to gather ideas and issues from partners and the public as to what the Sustainable Community Strategy should focus on. Once this consultation and engagement process was complete, we reviewed the findings and agreed that the key focus of the strategy should be to tackle worklessness.

A list of broad goals were discussed with key members of our partner organisations and members of the public. To make sure our goals had broad support, we then did a number of consultation activities including:

• meetings with voluntary and community groups;
• a touch-screen questionnaire;
• attendance at the People’s Expos;
• online feedback;
• workbooks and workshops.

We also used the findings of existing research and consultation which had been carried out by our partner agencies. Other relevant strategies within the borough such as the Safer Lambeth Partnership Delivery Plan, the Children and Young People’s Plan, the Housing Strategy and the Economic Development Strategy were also used.

Detailed findings of full process we used can be found in ’Lambeth’s Sustainable Community Strategy and Local Area Agreement: Consultation Process Report’.

State of the Borough Report

The State of the Borough report contains key facts and figures about Lambeth. It was produced to provide evidence to support Our 2020 Vision and to offer you a picture of the borough today, with an idea of what needs to be improved.

Key facts from the report include:

• Lambeth has a younger and more ethnically diverse population than the rest of London
• Lambeth is a borough of extremes with high poverty rates alongside many young educated people on high salaries
• Business density is relatively low
• Most Lambeth residents are happy and life expectancy is improving
• Smoking, alcohol-related conditions and mental health issues are of high prevalence
• Crime rates are falling and detection levels improving
• Child poverty, infant mortality, teenage pregnancy, childhood obesity, primary and secondary permanent exclusion levels, and number of 16-18-year-olds not in education, employment or training are all higher than average
• The quality of council housing stock is improving
• Lambeth’s parks and open spaces are well rated and have improved significantly

If you have any questions about the report or would like a hard copy please contact consultation@lambeth.gov.uk

To download a copy of the SCS and LAA Consultation Process Report click here