Publishing the Summary
Although how the partnership publishes the summary is based on local discretion, the partnership should attempt to ensure that this is widely available in the community. This might involve different types of publication methods, including:
- Publishing the summary on the internet – this might include the partnership website (where applicable) and/or the individual local websites for each of the responsible authorities and other partnership members.
- Publishing the summary on intranet sites – improving the awareness of staff in the partner agencies.
- Distributing flyers through existing channels – such as community centres, Neighbourhood Watch programmes, local health centres, council services, etc.
- Distributing information through voluntary organisations – including targeting information at particular groups served by these organisations (e.g. the elderly, or victims of particular types of crimes).
- Consider publishing the information in publications produced by partnership members i.e. council publications that are sent out to individuals who live within the council boundaries.
We recognise that numerous documents may not be the best way to disseminate similar information. Where possible, we suggest that partnerships consider how the summary of the plan can be linked to other local documents available to the public. In order to ensure economies of scale and reduce duplication of effort across services, partners can review the manner in which additional agencies inform the community and identify possible means of sharing resources. The partnership may also wish to make a copy of the full partnership plan available to the public. If so, this should be in addition to the summary as it will be less accessible to many audiences.
