Oxfordshire Futures Workshops
We are holding three workshops over July to help identify the long term priorities for the county including anything that is not currently covered by local plans and actions.
Programme for the workshops
- 3 July Culham Science Centre, Culham near Abingdon
- 6 July Said Business School, Oxford
- 13 July Stratfield Brake, Kidlington
9.00 Registration and refreshments
9.30 Welcome and introductions
Introduction to the Sustainable Community Strategy: Claire Evans, Oxfordshire Partnership Manager
Presentation of a summary of evidence (.pdf format, 1.3Mb) demonstrating trends in Oxfordshire: Margaret Melling, Data Consultant
10.20 Identifying and prioritising what is going well and what needs attention to improve well being in Oxfordshire in the long term.
11.00 BREAK
11.20 Debating the prioritised issues in more depth to identify ways in which the Sustainable Community Strategy could add value.Summarising the key issues
12.40 Review and Next Steps
13.00 Close and Lunch
In Preparation for the workshops
In preparation for the workshops we have developed a discussion document entitled Oxfordshire Futures (.pdf format, .97MB) which is an illustration of some of the contextual changes that may affect the county over the next 20 years.
Please read this before you come to the workshops as it highlights some of the trends and issues affecting the county in the future and will help you participate fully in the discussion.
Strategy development process
To inform work on the strategy, the partnership is developing a set of twelve briefing papers – the "evidence base" – intended to provide members of the Oxfordshire Partnership with a starting point for debate.
By the end of July, these detailed briefing papers will be available. They will differ from the Oxfordshire Futures document in that they will cover both evidence and issues/ options for the strategy.
For more details of the project see the Sustainable Community Strategy page in the Oxfordshire Partnership area of this site.
