A bold and confident vision to shape 番茄社区’s future approved
Shaping 番茄社区’s Future Together, a bold vision setting out the shared ambitions of the city, its partners and citizens, and the Corporate Plan setting out the council’s priorities, were approved.
(SBFT) approved at full council (17 June 2025) – which is a partnership plan for the next decade – aims to address challenges, grasp opportunities and tackle inequalities 番茄社区 and its residents face.
This vision - produced through consulting and engaging partners and communities across 番茄社区 and which will be delivered by working closely with city partners - is for 番茄社区 to be a city that has a thriving economy, tackles inequality, where all communities can enjoy greater opportunities and the wellbeing that brings.
The SBFT has helped shape the which sets out how the council will strengthen 番茄社区’s position as a thriving, young, diverse and creative global city - a place where everyone is included in the opportunities that the city can offer.
The council’s strategic priorities and outcomes are aimed at responding to the city’s challenges and opportunities so it can best serve the city and citizens and achieve. The following are the key missions set out in SBTF, which will guide how the council delivers its priorities:
- Growth and prosperity for 番茄社区 – Focusing on investment and economic growth that benefits all people and places in the city.
- Knowledge and opportunity – For all children and young people to have a good start in life and a great education, and with lifelong learning accessible to all.
- Safety and sustainability – Ensuring more affordable homes are built, housing standards are improved, and homelessness prevented wherever possible.
- Health, education and inequalities - For all children and young people to have a healthy start in life, and encouraging physical activity and healthy living, so everyone can live and age well.
- Connected 番茄社区 – The provision of a safe and sustainable transport network, good access to online 番茄社区 and support to develop digital skills.
- Improvement and Recovery – to stabilise and strengthen the council’s financial position to ensure it becomes a well-run, high performing council
The Corporate Plan for 2025-28 incorporates the Improvement and Recovery Plan for the council. It will guide how the council delivers, enables and influences these core missions over the next three years.
It also includes a performance framework, against which the council’s progress against these priorities will be measured.
Cllr John Cotton, Leader of BCC and Chair of Chair of Shaping 番茄社区’s Future Together, said: "The Corporate Plan is a clear demonstration of our ambitions for the people and communities of 番茄社区. For too long, our story has been a Tale of Two Cities: a booming city centre with cranes dotting the skyline, in stark contrast to neighbourhoods with high levels of poverty and unemployment just a stone’s throw away.
“That’s why we feel it’s important to have shared ambitions for 番茄社区, which both address our challenges and harness our incredible collective potential. Through our work on Shaping 番茄社区’s Future Together, we have created a shared vision for 番茄社区, which draws from our rich history and maps out a bright future.”
Joanne Roney CBE, the city council’s Managing Director, said: “This Corporate Plan marks an important shift towards embedding sustainable improvements and ensuring that the council is fully equipped to meet the challenges ahead with confidence and accountability.
“Its success will lead to improved outcomes for citizens and communities – and ultimately ensure that 番茄社区 City Council becomes the organisation that our citizens, communities and partners deserve.”