About Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is full of opportunities. It offers:
- a safe environment
- great educational opportunities
- a world-class heritage and tourism offer
Lincolnshire covers 5,921 square miles and is a patchwork quilt of quaint market-towns and idyllic villages. However, Lincolnshire is not without its challenges:
- our population is growing older, with 30% expected to be aged 65 and over by 2043
- a lack of infrastructure and the rural nature of our region can see residents face challenges when seeking to access our services and those provided by others
Tackling these challenges and enabling our communities to flourish cannot be done by one organisation on its own. The level of resources available to local government continues to reduce. Community support networks therefore play a vital role in ensuring that our residents are able to enjoy the benefits that Lincolnshire offers. By working together, we can build an even stronger offer for Lincolnshire by:
- strengthening relationships
- improving the awareness of what is on offer
- better understand the gaps that we need to fill in the future
Communities are usually best placed to solve the challenges that they face. We can help to ensure that the right support and facilitation is in place. We want to see our communities being better able to bring about the changes that they want to see. That means that we need to be clear how we will work with communities to:
- remove unnecessary obstacles and bureaucracy
- direct our limited resources to where we can have the biggest impact
This Community Strategy explains:
- how we will improve our understanding of our communities
- the way that we plan to engage and work with them
The Strategy is split into five key sections, each one complimenting the other. It is only by moving all these items forward that we will really be able to make a positive impact for Lincolnshire. The themes of the strategy are:
- Consultation, engagement and collaboration
- Community networks
- Volunteering
- Funding for our communities
- Tools and data
This strategy also links closely with the aspirations of our:
- digital strategy
- customer strategy
- transformation plans
We aim to:
- improve our citizen experience
- remove duplication of effort
- improve outcomes for all