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Aims
and Objectives
AIMS
To
improve the quality of life for those who are disadvantaged
in the Peak District by addressing the causes and symptoms
of hidden deprivation.
OBJECTIVES
| Recognition |
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| i)
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To
work for the recognition by Agencies, communities, and
individuals, that deprivation exists in the Peak District
and the acceptance by them of the responsibility for
its alleviation. |
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| ii)
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To
promote a Rural Citizens Charter. |
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| iii)
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To
publicise the problems of people suffering hidden deprivation
in the Peak District through presentations, public debate,
and media publicity, but in particular the production
of a series of reports. |
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| iv)
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To
promote research and to gather and collate statistics
on deprivation in the Peak District. |
| Action
for Change |
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| v) |
To
lobby for changes in policy and practice that assist
in the identification and alleviation of deprivation
in the Peak District. |
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| vi) |
To
promote appropriate indicators for measuring rural deprivation. |
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| vii)
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To
encourage greater consultation with members of the community
by those who have the power to act. |
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| viii)
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To
encourage the co-ordination of local services. |
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| ix)
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To
gain a commitment by agencies which operate in the area
to change their practices from ones that contribute
to the problems of deprivation, to ones which are effective
but culturally sensitive. |
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| x)
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To promote informed debate and provide information and
training for those who have a role in combating deprivation,
in order to create a new climate of opinion. |
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| xi)
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To
encourage active collaboration amongst the various providing
bodies, and to promote clear mechanisms in agency practice,
in order to achieve the most effective and efficient
use of resources to tackle rural deprivation. |
| Empowerment
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| xii)
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To
assist the empowerment of local people, in order to
enable them to influence those people and organisations
who control resources. |
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| xiii)
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To
encourage Parish Councils to lobby and to take action
for change on behalf of their communities. |
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| xiv) |
To
encourage the provision of adequate and accessible information
about local services for local residents. |
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