Westminster City Partnership

The WCP is about bringing local agencies and individuals together, taking a co-ordinated approach to tackling the factors that impact on quality of life. The WCP is also committed to working with external and regional organisations and central government to promote Westminster’s interests.

Over the next ten years we want to make Westminster the best place to live, work and visit in the UK and help make London the world’s leading city. Some of our key priorities are:

·          Continuing to reduce crime levels and help people feel safer.

·          Building stronger, more united communities.

·          Improving the supply of good quality housing.

·          Protecting our unique environment.

·          Developing a neighbourhood approach to local services and decision-making.

·          Supporting people to improve their health.

·          Transforming our secondary schools through new Academies and the Building Schools for the Future programme.

The WCP is responsible for

·          producing the City Plan

·          overseeing the Local Area Agreement

·          the delivery of the Local Area Renewal programme

Who we are

There are 19 Core Members of the WCP. They include the City Council, the Police, Primary Care Trust, Voluntary Action Westminster, Paddington Development Trust and Cross River Partnership. Members also represent the thematic networks. 

An Improving City Environment: Developing a safer, more sustainable, well-designed and distinctive city.

Since 2002, when we published our first City Plan, we have had some significant successes through working together including:

·          A 35% reduction in street crime over three years.

·          Establishing the six Local Area Renewal Partnerships to tackle deprivation.

·          Reducing anti-social behaviour through the successful City Guardians and CivicWatch programmes.

·          Achieving significant change in Church Street through a concerted WCP focus on key problems.

·          Assisting around 4,000 people into work through employment programmes

·          Setting up two City Academies, reducing school exclusions, and improving school attendance.

·          Identifying the needs of black and minority ethnic communities and developing an action plan to address them.

·          Developing a comprehensive Economic Development Strategy to support businesses across the city