Council vision, aims and priorities
We have reviewed and updated our vision, aims and priorities for 2006/09.
Our vision:
"We aim to build and safeguard a fair, prosperous and open city where no-one is in poverty; where our citizens are well educated and take part in the decisions that affect them and where the cultural and religious differences between people are valued and celebrated."
To achieve our vision we will work in partnership:
- to create stronger, safer communities
- to enable local decisions to be taken at a local level
- to deliver value for money, high-quality services
- to support active, healthy and independent living
- to create a growing, vibrant and diverse city economy
- to be the greenest city in Europe
These corporate priorities will take forward our aims:
Aim 1: To create stronger, safer communities
- Contribute to the reduction in crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour and the harm caused by drugs and substance misuse
- Enhance feelings of safety and reduce the fear of crime
- Promote community cohesion
- Restructure the city's housing market to improve choice
- Achieve national road accident casualty reduction targets
Aim 2: To enable local decisions to be taken at a local level
- Strengthen neighbourhood accountability and governance
- Improve residents satisfaction with their local area
- Improve customer engagement at the local level
- Improve how we handle customer complaints
- Empower communities and improve their quality of life
Aim 3: To deliver value for money high quality services
- To keep council tax fair
- Increase customer satisfaction with council services
- Provide services equitably across the community
- Improve the quality of council housing
- Improve the achievement of children in care, underachieving Black and racial minority communities and young carers
- Improve family support for disabled children and children with special educational needs
Aim 4: To support active healthy, independent living
- Develop services to improve choice and promote independent living
- Improve the quality of provision for service users
- Tackle homelessness and reduce the numbers living in sub-standard housing
- Provide a range of opportunities to promote improved health and well-being
- Reduce childhood obesity and promote a culture of physical activity
Aim 5: To create a growing, vibrant and diverse city economy
- Increase inward investment
- Develop enterprise within the city
- Increase the employment opportunities, particularly for those in most need
- Deliver a successful European Capital of Culture 2008
- Improve educational attainment, skills and qualifications to achieve economic well-being
Aim 6: To be the greenest city in Europe
- Minimise waste and increase recycling rates
- Contribute to the development of better public transport facilities
- Develop a cleaner and greener environment
- Improve environmental enforcement
These measures and targets![(MS Word [37.5Kb] opens in new window)](/images/Word.gif)
will help us assess our progress against our aims.
Downloadable versions of 'Leading Liverpool'
Downloadable versions of the whole corporate performance plan are available on the CPP downloads page.