South Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership

Single Outcome Agreement 2009 - 2012

In 2008 South Ayrshire Council developed its first Single Outcome Agreement with the Scottish Government. It highlighted the Council’s priorities in relation to the provision of quality services.

A new Single Outcome Agreement for 2009 - 2012 has now been developed with all our Community Planning partners and is regarded as a symbol of the new relationship with the Scottish Government as a result of the Concordat. The Agreement is a catalyst for greater transparency in our joint commitment to delivering better outcomes to the people of South Ayrshire and illustrates how partners will work towards objectives that cut across organisations. It was officially signed off on 29th July 2009 by Cabinet Secretary John Swinney for the Scottish Government and Cllr Hugh Hunter, Chair of the Community Planning Partnership.

The document includes a set of aspirational local outcomes, strategic objectives and targets for a range of public services, delivered by all partner organisations, in relation to employment, learning, health and care, community safety, economic development, transport and the environment.

It is tailored to address the particular challenges of the local area and sets out how community planning partners will work together to deliver services to meet these identified needs. It is intended to lead to significant benefits for users of local services.

The Community Planning Partnership Board will have responsibility for overseeing the delivery of the Single Outcome Agreement. An annual report will be produced and submitted to the Scottish Government each year highlighting the progress made in the previous financial year (April – March) towards achieving the outcomes and targets. This information will be made available by way of the Council’s public performance reporting mechanisms, usually in November of each year.