Corporate plan, vision and values
Corporate plan 2009/10
The corporate plan 2009\10 was agreed by Cabinet on 18 March 2009, and approved by Council on 20 April 2009.
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 our ten priorities that have been developed so that the council focuses its efforts, resources and activities on this vision.
Seven of these priorities are focused on the community and on the needs and aspirations of local people: to ensure that citizens are:
- Healthy
- Safe and secure
- Aspiring and achieving
- Enjoying a high quality of life – clean, green, and mobile
- Active - contributing to their communities
- Financially & materially secure - achieving economic well-being
- Free from discrimination or harassment
The remaining three priorities are focused on the council itself, to ensure that we can deliver our promises to the community and our commitment to the Walsall Partnership. These are:
- Effective use of resources
- Delivering quality services and meeting customer expectations
- Taking forward the transformation agenda
For each of our ten priorities, the council has made specific pledges, to be carried out in the year ahead. These ten pledges are:
To ensure that citizens are healthy our pledge is that, in the year 2009/10
- we will raise the levels of physical activity
To ensure that citizens are safe and secure our pledge is that, in the year 2009/10
- we will assist more vulnerable adult people to live safe and independent lives
To ensure that citizens are aspiring and achieving our pledge is that, in the year 2009/10
- we will improve the aspirations and attainment of underperforming groups in particular white boys, looked after children and Pakistani/Bangladeshi students
To ensure that citizens are enjoying a high quality of life – clean, green, and mobile our pledge is that, in 2009/10
- we will increase household recycling
To ensure that citizens are active - contributing to their communities our pledge is that, in the year 2009/10
- we will support residents to be more actively involved in their communities
To ensure that citizens are financially & materially secure - achieving economic well-being our pledge is that, in the year 2009/10
- we will actively support local businesses and local people, with the aims of sustaining/creating employment and training opportunities; and we will continue to encourage inward investment despite the economic climate
To ensure that citizens are free from discrimination or harassment our pledge is that, in the year 2009/10
- we will address discrimination and harrassment through our approach to community cohesion
To make effective use of resources our pledge is that, in the year 2009/10
- we will reduce our energy use and town centre office accomodation footprint
To deliver quality services and meet customer expectations our pledge is that, in the year 2009/10
- we will respond to complaints more quickly (reducing timescale for handling complaints across all services)
To take forward the transformation agenda our pledge is that, in the year 2009/10
- we will reduce the councils operating costs
The Corporate Plan also reaffirms our commitment to the council’s five core values of respect, integrity, equality, listening and excellence.
The 2009/10 plan supercedes and replaces the corporate plan for 2008/09
Contact us
Corporate Focus and Intelligence
Walsall Council
Civic Centre
Darwall Street
Walsall
WS1 1TP
Telephone 01922 652077
Fax 01922 614210
Email vision@walsall.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 30 December 2009