4. Changing lifestyles in Surrey
VISION
Home working will be increasingly common with different solutions ensuring that the work experience still has social benefits. It will be possible to work in a variety of ways and for several organisations at once. There will be strong social acceptance that education and learning is important and necessary for people of all ages. There will be an increasing focus on local early intervention to help ensure success at school and inclusion of young people in their community. There will a greater focus on healthy and sustainable lifestyles so that related illnesses will have declined and communities’ impacts on the environment will have decreased. People will have more opportunity to work locally, increasing the time available for volunteering and social activities. Traditional retirement will be a thing of the past, with people having more opportunity to contribute to their communities in a wider variety of ways.
SHORT-TERM ACTION
- Increase the number of people engaged in volunteering
- Increase levels of school attendance
AGENDA
- Lead on the implementation of strategies to promote healthier lifestyles
- Promote education and learning at all ages
- Find ways in which the partnership can help prevent school failure and antisocial behaviour
- Help young people to engage with their communities
- Support people to work more locally
- Promote and support individuals and communities in adopting more sustainable lifestyles
- Encourage and support people to become engaged in volunteering and community building activities
- Offer older people more opportunities to continue to contribute to their communities and the economy
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS
WHO WORK FROM HOME - 2001/2
Surrey leads growth in working from home
PARTNERS
- Health and Social Care Partnership
- Lifelong Learning Partnership
- Physical Activity Alliance
- Sustainable Practitioners Network
- Energy and Environment Group
- Children’s Partnership Board
- The Surrey Four S Partnership
INDICATORS
- Travel between home and work
- People working from home
- Local jobs
- Academic achievements of Surrey’s young people
- Childcare provision
- Children experiencing income deprivation
- Waste management
- Rate of death from certain causes
- People who volunteer
"Climate change is something that will impact us to a large extent in the next 15-20 years. We need to do something about the cause of climate change. Climate change will impact us a lot sooner than we think. People think it will be in 100 years, but actually it is more like 20 years."
"People are living longer and this is a healthy and wealthy county so this is likely to remain that way. We will have to radically reshape and provide support to people living safely and independently at home."
