Corporate plan, vision and values
Corporate plan 2010/11
The Corporate plan 2010/11 was agreed by Cabinet on 3 February 2010, and approved by Council on 22 February 2010. The plan sets out the council’s overall vision for the borough of Walsall – which we share with our partners on the Walsall Partnership. Our vision looking ahead to the year 2021 is that which is set out in the Walsall Partnership’s new Sustainable Community Strategy, that:
“Walsall will be a great place to live, work and invest, where...
- people get on well with one another
- people can get around easily and safely
- people support and look after one another
- there are more and better jobs for local people
- people can live an independent and healthy life
- there is a wide range of facilities for people to use and enjoy
- people consider the impact of what we do now on future generations
- there exist high quality and distinctive designs of buildings and spaces
- growing up is as good as it can be and young people fulfil their potential
- people are our strength and have the skills and attitude required by employers
- everyone has the chance to live in a home fit for their purpose and for the future
- people feel proud to live
The Corporate Plan also sets out the council’s nine priorities that have been developed to ensure that the council focuses its efforts, resources and activities on this vision.
Eight of our priorities directly reflect the Sustainable Community Strategy’s priority outcomes, whilst the ninth ‘working smarter’ reflects the council’s commitment to make its own structures, processes, procedures and ways of working effective, and fit for the future. The successful delivery of these nine priorities will build pride in Walsall as a place to live and work. Pride in Walsall relates to how the council is performing, but also to the borough’s rich heritage and how the people and organisations of the borough work together to make our borough a better place now and for the future.
For 2010/11 our nine priorities are:
- Improving health
- Reducing crime and feeling safe
- Developing strong and dynamic communities
- Improving education and skills
- Improving housing choice
- Improving the quality of our environment
- Reducing worklessness and creating opportunity and potential
- Increasing enterprise and making Walsall a vibrant borough
- Working smarter
These priorities provide a focus for the whole council – the decisions that are taken, and the actions that are taken as a result by each of our directorates, and the services, teams, and individual members of staff working within them. As these priorities are fully in line with the Sustainable Community Strategy, we are confident that we will be focussing our resources, energy and attention on shared goals – on the things that matter most to local people.
The Corporate Plan also reaffirms our commitment to the council’s five core values of respect, integrity, equality, listening and excellence.
The 2010/11 plan supersedes and replaces the corporate plan for 2009/10.
Contact us
Corporate Focus and Intelligence
Walsall Council
Civic Centre
Darwall Street
Walsall
WS1 1TP
Telephone 01922 652077
Fax 01922 614210
This page was last updated on 23 February 2010