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Ian Birnbaum: Big Society & local government
- 1. The Big Society in Sutton Ian Birnbaum, Interim Chief Executive London Borough of Sutton December 7, 2010
- 5. Hackbridge Sustainable Suburb Our ambition is to develop a truly sustainable suburb using the principles of ‘One Planet Living’. We aim to achieve this via major improvements to the built environment and a range of community engagement programmes
- 11. Enabling Smarter Travel Choices Sutton continues to build on the productive relationship it has developed with TfL through the delivery of Smarter Travel Sutton (STS) Improved travel choices through better infrastructure and greater accountability To give people greater responsibility for how their roads, cycling routes, buses and trains are organised Objective - TfL and Boroughs working to deliver schemes more efficiently and give residents a stronger voice in the development and implementation of transport schemes
- 15. An online library service, funded by NESTA, to help residents share books with each other Powered by Open Data – we will be opening up the library catalogue and lending data to the public www.suttonopenlibrary.wordpress.com
Editor's Notes
- Our citzenship programme through the ‘Life Zone’ part of the Centre is designed to engage, educate and empower - helping young people lead active and enjoyable lives by taking them through real life scenarios using modern technology and interactive settings. By making new media and technology within the Like Skills Zone and in the media Zone these we will be able to support creative individuals and groups from around the borough. With the support of the resident technical experts visitors will be able to create and view new video work and edit them down to the final polished article. Designed by young people and focused on their needs the facilities at the Centre will provide information, advice and guidance enabling young people to develop skills. These skills will provide greater opportunities for securing sustainable employment for young people as well. Through our Big Society work we will be using the Life Centre as a hub to encourage our young people and the wider community to use the skills and expertise they can develop through the Centre to ‘ re-invest’ in their communities and local area – by becoming volunteers, joining local groups or organisations that make a contribution to their communities. We are working with Government to expand the use of the Life Centre and support programmes that will help to build capacity within communities to a greater role within the Big Society.