Appendix B - Glossary

Anti-social behaviour (ASB)	Behaviour such as vandalism, being rude and abusive or making too much noise, usually in a public place.
Basic skills/skills for life	The ability to read, write and speak English and understand numerical information.
BME	Black and Minority Ethnic.
Communities of identity	Forums which represent and provide a voice for particular minority groups across the city (older people, faith groups, BME groups, disabled people, and lesbian gay, bisexual and transgender people).
Community Action Plan	Plans developed by the eight Community Committees in Salford. The plans identify local people’s priorities for service improvement and actions in their area.
Community Committee	A group of local people and councillors who meet to discuss issues that affect their area. The committee is responsible for putting together a Community Action Plan. Each of Salford’s eight neighbourhoods has a Community Committee.
Core Strategy	The Core Strategy will set out the spatial vision for the city and provide a framework for development in the city until 2027. It will reflect the vision and objectives of the Sustainable Community Strategy.
Decent Homes standard	The Government’s definition of the minimum standard that houses owned by social landlords (housing associations and councils) should meet. A decent home is wind and weather tight, warm and has modern facilities. Non-decent homes do not meet this standard.
Environmental crime	Crime against public spaces, for example, littering, fly tipping, graffiti and vandalism.
Future Search	A ‘whole system’ event held in Salford in 2008 to explore our vision for 2024 and how the whole partnership can contribute.
GCSE	General Certificate of Secondary Education. This assesses a pupil at the end of their compulsory education (aged 16).
Incapacity Benefit	State benefit intended for those below the State Pension age who cannot work because of illness or disability.
Index of Multiple Deprivation	A ranking of districts in England which details those areas affected by poverty and outcomes associated with poverty.
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment	This is an analysis of the health and care needs of Salford’s population, which looks forward five years. It is a requirement that every Primary Care Trust and local authority jointly undertake regular assessments.
Key Stage	The National Curriculum is a blueprint used by schools to ensure that teaching standards are consistent. The National Curriculum defines a child’s progress in four key stages: Primary school Key Stage 1 is years 1 and 2 (ages 5-7) Key Stage 2 is years 3, 4, 5 and 6 (ages 7-11) Secondary school Key Stage 3 is years 7, 8 and 9 (ages 11-14) Key Stage 4 is years 10 and 11 (ages 14-16)
Life expectancy	Life expectancy at birth is a summary measure of the mortality rates in an area in a given period. It is the average number of years a newborn baby would survive, were he or she to experience the particular area’s age-specific mortality rates for that time period throughout his or her life.
Local Development Framework	The Local Development Framework is a portfolio of planning policy documents which direct development in the city. The Core Strategy is the central document within the framework.
Local Strategic Partnership (LSP)	A partnership that involves the public, private, voluntary and community sectors working together to improve the way local services are planned. Salford’s LSP is called Partners IN Salford.
Looked After Children	Children who are in need of safeguarding, are subject to care orders and are cared for by the local authority in foster homes, residential homes or with a relative.
Manchester Independent Economic Review (MIER)	The Manchester Independent Economic Review is a programme which will provide evidence and research on Greater Manchester’s economic position to inform decisionmaking.
Multi Area Agreement (MAA)	A Multi Area Agreement is an agreement between local authorities in a sub-region (for example Greater Manchester) and central government. It focuses on those issues which are best tackled at a wider spatial level such as economic development, transport and climate change.
National Indicator Set (NIS)	The National Indicator Set is a suite of 198 performance indicators which are collected by partners in every local authority area and reported to central government.
NEET	A young person who is not in education, employment or training.
Primary Care Trust (PCT)	The Primary Care Trust manages the delivery of local health care.
Salford Agreement or Local Area Agreement (LAA)	Every local authority is required by government to develop a Local Area Agreement which sets out the shared priorities for improvement in that area. In Salford it is called the Salford Agreement. A Local Area Agreement can contain a maximum of 35 ‘designated’ targets - these are 35 national indicators against which targets are agreed between central and local government. Salford’s Agreement also contains additional supporting measures (some of which are national indicators, others are local indicators) and mandatory measures which relate to educational attainment.
Strategy	A strategy sets out a broad overview and high level objectives for an area of work over several years. It sets out a vision and high level targets, which an action plan will then fill out in more detail.
Sustainability/sustainable	A sustainable community is one which considers how different areas of work impact on one another. Taking a sustainable approach to our work means considering the long-term impacts and how we can improve quality of life overall. For example, considering the environmental impacts of new buildings or the impact of health programmes on jobs and work.
Sustainable Community Strategy	‘Connecting People to Opportunities’ is Salford’s third community plan and it is a requirement that all local partnerships have one. It describes the vision and objectives of Partners IN Salford.
Third sector or community and voluntary sector	These are non-governmental, not-for-profit organisations which generally have social, environmental or cultural objectives. The term includes charities, community groups, social enterprises, co-operatives and mutuals.
Urban Regeneration Company (URC)	A not-for-profit partnership set up to develop deprived areas of English cities. Salford’s URC is working to develop the east of the city, known as Central Salford.
Whole system working	Whole system working is an approach that can give new insights and offer different solutions to complex social problems. Rather than breaking down the problem into small pieces, complex problems.