Colchester2020 is Colchester's Local Strategic Partnership.

It's made up of a group of high-profile community leaders from the public, private, voluntary and community sectors. Our job is to help shape the future of the borough for the next 10 to 20 years, improving the lives of the people who live, work, visit and study here. The Partnership provides a long term vision for the borough, strengthening links between the public and private sectors, local government, cultural, heritage and leisure organisations, the voluntary and community sectors, businesses and local residents. By working together we can achieve so much more than working alone. We can make sure services and projects are co-ordinated, spot opportunities that may have otherwise been missed and achieve results by lobbying, championing and bringing others together to find new ways to help Colchester prosper.

Colchester2020 is not a statutory body but it does have a responsibility to shape the type of place Colchester should be in the years to come and provide leadership to deliver this future vision.

The Chair of Colchester2020 is Tim Newcomb, Divisional Commander, Colchester and Tendring Police.