PARTNER organisations will play a key role in plans to deliver a wellbeing economy for the Wee County over the next decade.

That was the message as Clackmannanshire's councillors noted the draft Wellbeing Economy Local Outcomes Improvement Plan (LOIP) for 2024-2034 at a meeting on Thursday.

The plan is a vision to tackle inequalities and deliver a wellbeing economy through community wealth building in the area with the Wee County piloting the approach in a trial with the Scottish Government.

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As reported last week, the draft plan is set to go out for consultation over the summer before coming back to council in August for final approval.

However, the local authority will not be alone in delivering the ambitions with the work to be led by the Clackmannanshire Alliance.

The alliance includes Clackmannanshire Council, NHS Forth Valley, police and fire services, Scottish Enterprise and the business community.

Council leader Cllr Ellen Forson, who also chairs the alliance, said at the meeting: “Every partner has responsibilities and are signing up to something that they can deliver and they are including within their own plans.

“We have decided to go with a Wellbeing Economy Local Outcomes Improvement Plan mainly because that's what's driving us and driving our local area.

“We are one of the first areas in Scotland to deliver a wellbeing local economy and that's driven by our community wealth building action plan and our shaping places for wellbeing plan. We see these coming through strong within the draft LOIP.

“Our partners in health are particularly signed up to this arrangement and other partners are really keen moving forward.”

Earlier during questions, Cllr Denis Coyne highlighted that the document featured plenty of aspirations but it was missing the “how” of delivery and actions that will be taken.

“There's a bit in the middle missing for me, we've got a beginning and an end but no middle – the middle is the 'how'”, he said.

In response, the chamber was told partner organisations will need to include this in their plans and strategic outcomes with each agreeing what their input will be.

Cllr Forson explained it was “really important” the plan is right for the area as it will shape things over the next decade while there is also a need to be able to measure the difference it makes to people's lives.

She added: “I am also really keen that all partners know what they are signing up to because this is not a council document, every single partner has a statutory obligation to deliver what we signed up to in this plan.”

As previously highlighted, central to the plans is a “joint commitment to tackling the inequalities that exists in Clackmannanshire through the delivery of a wellbeing economy”.

The vision is to address physical and mental health, to ensure children and young people have the best start in life with equal opportunities, to create fair work and employment opportunities, to mitigate climate change and more.