1. Vision Statement - for the service

• How does your service benefit the residents of Shrewsbury & Atcham

• Sustainability - advice, leadership to businesses & individuals
• Housing, provision of new units & social housing (affordability). Enabling the young & elderly to have adaptations & upgrading of their homes
• Provision of housing for the homeless
• Contributing to the Borough's safety & security (community safety partnership)
• Contribute to active community participation through voluntary sector working
• Contribute to a vibrant community through arts development

• How does your service deliver the key objectives of the Community Strategy for the Borough

• Community safety
• Vibrant and inclusive communities
• Developing the environment & its sustainable development
• Lifelong learning

1. Aims of your service: what are your service aims and how are they:

• Linked to the Corporate aims of the Borough (Corporate Plan 1999-2004)

Community involvement

• Involving communities to achieve sustainable improvement in the quality of life in the Borough through policies which promote equalities, and tackling poverty & social exclusion
• Harnessing the full potential of our citizens through community involvement
• Promoting & encouraging safe, healthy & enjoyable lifestyles
• Involving people in keeping safe neighbourhoods & developing local pride
• Protecting & enhancing built, natural & social environment
• Promoting & sustaining economic & social wellbeing
• Addressing housing needs in the Borough

• How are your services delivering corporate aims

• Community safety Partnership
• Community strategy
• Community interaction
• Housing Strategy
• Cultural Strategy

• How does your service deliver quality of life indicators and key objectives of the Community Strategy

• Promoting & actively seeking community involvement in improving community wellbeing, tolerance of diversity & improved quality of life

Please also consider the following:

• Is your service sufficiently positioned to meet the strategic challenges ahead?

• Delivering the community strategy
• Developing & delivering through strong partnership links
• Working with the County Council
• Public Service Agreements (closer working arrangements with the county Council)
• PIP delay (developing personal action plans)
• Resources

• What are the challenges facing your service

• New staff
• Regionalisation of government
• Strengthening community involvement
• Delivery of the Community Strategy key objectives
• Expectation exceeding delivery

• What are your perceived risks

• Knowledge & reliance on key individuals
• Partnership breakdown
• Budgetary restrictions - less impact & influence on partnership/community interaction
• Deputation issues for department / succession planning
• Regionalism - move away from local approaches for delivery towards regional strategies & delivery mechanisms

1. How will the service achieve & deliver its strategic aims

• Who are your partners

• Connexions
• CAB
• W. Mids Police, Fire service
• Shropshire County Council
• District Authorities
• Youth Offending team
• Health Authority
• Housing associations
• West Midlands Arts
• Visual Arts Network
• Voluntary sector organisations

• Special initiatives / new initiatives

• Raising aspirations from partners (mentoring programme - connexions)
• Communities against drugs (youth outreach worker)
• Anti-social behaviour - investigating team
• Rural crime initiative - voluntary action Shrewsbury
• Trading Places

• Staff development

• New structure
• Management development for new staff

• Internal developments (departmental structuring & restructuring)

• New structure from 1^st April 2003

• Innovations (e.g. increased use of ICT)

• Sustainable social housing
• Mixed: sustainable housing (energy saving design & provision of play areas).
• Healthy living centre(affordable housing) new developments on brown field sites
• Urban village - releasing pressure on housing demands
• Community grant scheme - community led initiative - through the doorway scheme
• On site data collection
• Electronic consultation