Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Community Leadership and Engagement introduced a report on the Corporate Plan 2018-22. Over the past few years, the Council had undergone a period of significant change, focussing on establishing a new kind of council and had transformed the way it delivered services, introduced new ways or working and facilitating a change in the relationship that the Council has with residents.  These changes were made as the Council was required to make savings of £48K by 2021.

In consultation with residents, the Council had shaped and defined the vision for Barking and Dagenham through the production of the Borough Manifesto. This provided a clear direction for the Council over the coming years. As an enabler and facilitator, the Council’s job was to make the community’s vision a reality. The Corporate Plan 2018-2022 set out the Council’s contribution over the next four years to deliver the Borough Manifesto.  It clearly articulated the Council’s vision and priorities as it continued its journey and the transformation programme.

The Cabinet Member placed on record that the Council were delivering on the themes in the Corporate Plan, namely: a new kind of Council, Empowering People, Inclusive Growth and Citizenship and Participation. She was pleased that despite severe financial constraints, it had won the award of Council of the Year at the Local Government Chronicle Awards in 2018.

The Assembly resolved to approve the Council’s Corporate Plan 2018-2022 as set out at Appendix 1 to the report.

The Cabinet Member for Community Leadership and Engagement presented the draft Corporate Plan for 2018-2022 which set out the Council’s vision and priorities for the next four years.

The draft Plan reflected the evolving role of the Council as an enabler and facilitator and the Cabinet Member alluded to the key accountabilities and performance indicators that underpinned the updated priorities, which would help to bring to fruition the community’s aspirations as set out within the Borough Manifesto. 

Cabinet Members welcomed the new approach to the Plan, which they felt was very informative and user friendly for such a concise document, and also discussed the particular need to challenge and ‘design out’ domestic violence behaviours which were a considerable issue within in the Borough. 

The Cabinet resolved to recommend the Assembly to approve the Council’s Corporate Plan 2018-2022 as set out at Appendix 1 to the report.