Local Area Partnerships

Local Area Partnerships are the replacement to Area Boards and have been created to promote engagement and partnership at the local level.  The overall objective of the Local Area Partnerships is:

“To improve the quality of life and achieve better outcomes for all people in our communities through ensuring service providers are responsive to neighbourhood needs and improve delivery.”

There are six Local Area Partnerships across the Borough covering the areas of: Bury West; Bury East; Ramsbottom, Tottington & North Manor; Radcliffe; Prestwich; and Whitefield & Unsworth.

Partnership meetings are held six times a year, usually in the evenings, in local community venues. They are public meetings and everyone is welcome to attend. Local Area Partnerships are chaired by a local councillor and each one is supported by a Local Area Partnership Manager.

Membership of the Local Area Partnerships comprises of:

• all local ward councillors representing that area;
• service providers such as the police, health, housing, fire service, schools, council, voluntary sector;
• community members representing local groups and interests.

The Local Area Partnerships will work together to tackle the problems that affect people in their local areas. The fist part of the meeting focuses on key local issues such as health, crime, education and ways to improve the local area.

The second part of the meeting is an open forum where members of the public can raise any issues of concern with members of the Partnership.

Each Local Area Partnership is supported by an Area Manager. Each area has its own Area Manager. Your Area Manager is:

The Community Engagement Manager is Mike Riley who is based at the Town Hall in Bury, Mike, and the other co-odinators, can be contacted on AreaPartnerships@bury.gov.uk.