Our key strategic partners in health and the Police were brought into the project early and have helped shape our thinking.  Keen supporters of the site they are well placed to reap the benefits of its transactional and citizen engagement features.  The site’s use of property-referenced data, interactive mapping, online consultation, events promotion, online recruitment, SMS & text alerts and improved transactional capacity make it a compelling prospect for our partners. As they themselves have said:

“The new generation website Redbridge i and neighbourhood policing are complementary tools in delivering our common goal of community engagement and improving the effectiveness of local services. The' i' is an effective way of getting information to and from neighbourhood which we will be using to the full”.(Chief Superintendent Dave Grant, Borough Commander, Metropolitan Police Redbridge).

“Redbridge PCT recognises the potential of the new generation website to promote the health of our community. It will give up to the minute information about health services and gives us greater ability to involve neighbourhoods and interest groups in shaping a collective approach to the pursuit healthy living”(Heather O'Meara, Chief Executive, Redbridge Primary Care Trust).

We are currently developing a number of partner-led applications including a micro-site for our local strategic partnership, through which they will be able to utilise many of our innovative applications whilst retaining an independent URL.

Our local faith and youth communities are also working with us to develop their own online presence through the site.  They too will benefit from being linked in to the main site to deliver a far more cost-effective and sophisticated interaction with users.  These areas will make use of the site’s capacity to offer user-generated content and bespoke mini-sitelets.