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Monitoring the Improvement Plan
Published: 30/09/2014
Cabinet members have received an update on the progress of Flintshire County
Council’s Improvement Plan.
The Council sets out its priorities for improvement every year in the
Improvement Plan, working on overall targets to develop services and living
standards across the County. The plan helps the organisation focus on certain
areas and is divided into eight main priorities of Environment, Housing, Living
Well, Poverty, Economy and Enterprise, Skills and Learning, Safe Communities
and Modern and Efficient Council.
The monitoring report gives an explanation of the progress being made, and
shows whether the Council is on track to achieve its desired impacts.
Priorities for this year’s plan include:
· Implementing the strategy to grow and sustain the private rented sector
through the North East Wales Homes business plan
· Preventing homelessness under Living Well
· Investing in the eight Town Centre master plans as part of Economy and
Enterprise
· Identifying sectors with skills gaps in order to develop apprenticeships and
alternative programmes and investment in training for Skills and Learning
· Safe Communities working towards keeping people safe by looking at domestic
abuse, sexual violence and anti-social behaviour
· Providing advice and support services to help people protect their income
under the Poverty priority
· Developing proposals for coordinated transport across the region as part of
the Environment priority
· Implementing the proposed future operating model for the Council to make a
Modern and Efficient Council.
Councillor Billy Mullin, Cabinet Member for Corporate Management said: “By
monitoring the Council’s Improvement Plan at different stages during the year,
we can work out whether we are going to hit the targets and improve services
for residents.
“Each report shows how much progress the Council is making for the goals for
the environment, housing, social services, education, community safety, economy
and enterprise, management of the council and welfare reform.”
Colin Everett said: “The good progress of the Improvement Plan shows we are a
high performing council, making a big impact in areas that are important to the
community and local services.”