Issue - meetings

Further to Minute 70 (15 November 2016), the Cabinet Member for Community Leadership and Engagement presented the 20-year vision for the Borough in the form of the document “Barking and Dagenham Together: The Borough Manifesto”’.

The Cabinet Member commented that the document represented a resident-led, place-based vision for the Borough, creating the foundations for a more interesting, exciting and vibrant Borough that addressed the long-term challenges facing the local community.  There were 10 key themes supporting the overall vision, each with an aspiration statement:

·  Housing: a place with sufficient, accessible and varied housing.

·  Community and Cohesion: a friendly and welcoming borough with strong community spirit.

·  Education: a place with high-quality education and sustained attainment for all residents.

·  Health and Social Care: a place which supports residents to achieve independent, healthy, safe and fulfilling lives.

·  Crime and Safety: a place where everyone feels safe and is safe.

·  The Environment: a clean, green and sustainable borough.

·  Fairness: a place where everyone is valued and has the opportunity to succeed.

·  Employment, Skills and Enterprise: a place where every resident has access to lifelong learning, employment and opportunity.

·  Arts, Culture and Leisure: a place with great arts and culture for everyone, leading change in the borough.

·  Regeneration: a place where businesses and communities grow and thrive.

Members paid tribute to the public consultation that had supported the development of the Borough Manifesto, and which had resulted in an unprecedented response from local residents, and remarked on the succinct nature of the document considering the extent of the work that went into its development.

It was noted that the responsibility for implementation and monitoring of the Borough Manifesto would rest with the Barking and Dagenham Delivery Partnership (BDDP).  The Cabinet Member also advised on her intention to meet with Ward Councillors to discuss potential plans for each area of the Borough and her invitation to speak at the forthcoming Local Government Association Conference on the development of the Borough Manifesto. 

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Adopt the “Barking and Dagenham Together: The Borough Manifesto”’ strategy setting out the long-term vision for the Borough, as attached at Appendix 1 to the report;

(ii)  Note the collaborative and inclusive process followed to develop “Barking and Dagenham Together”;

(iii)  Agree that the vision set out in “Barking and Dagenham Together” form the basis of the Council’s partnership working and articulated what the Borough aspired to achieve over the next 20 years; and

(iv)  Agree that the Council’s Corporate Plan should set out the Council’s contribution to delivering the vision set out in “Barking and Dagenham Together”.