Plan focuses on communities and economic regeneration

‘Securing the economic prosperity of the district’ is one of the three main areas Wyre Forest District Council has chosen to focus on over the next three years.

The authority is setting out its aims in its new Corporate Plan, ‘Engage, Consult, Deliver.’  It has also chosen to work on ‘delivering together, with less’ and ‘improving community wellbeing.’ 

The Corporate Plan 2011-2014 sets out the direction of the Council and gives a focus for how it will provide services.  It does not list everything the Council does but gives its vision for the district and how it plans to respond to the challenges ahead.

Councillor John Campion, Leader of Wyre Forest District Council said,

“The Council has faced some very tough financial challenges and this isn’t going to change soon, but we are aiming to maintain and improve the quality of our services.  We need to make savings; we have got reduced resources, so we’re looking at new ways of working with others so we can keep providing good value for money services.   The plan gives us a focus for our resources so we can ensure that we’re using them to the best effect to improve quality of life for our communities.“

Among the things the Council wants to be working towards in 2014 is, a community with lower unemployment.  It is prioritising supporting regeneration and enterprise and promoting tourism.  There will also be a focus on creating a cleaner and green local environment.  The plan includes getting communities involved, from informing the decisions the council makes to taking on managing assets and services.