Issue - meetings

(i)                        That the draft Civic Pride (Empowering Our Communities) Strategy 2025 – 28 be approved for consultation and adoption

(ii)                       That the draft strategy be referred to the Scrutiny Committees (Health, Wellbeing and Environment, Economy and Place, and Finance, Assets and Performance) for consideration and comment

The Leader introduced a report seeking to approve the draft Civic Pride Strategy 2025-28, for consultation and adoption.

There had been a strategy in place for many years for community engagement  but had launched the Civic Pride initiative in the last twelve months with a draft three year plan having now been put together to support it.

There were three priorities contained within the Strategy, those being: great places where we live; connecting our communities; and the way that the Council listens, talks and acts. 

The consultation, running through the summer would be online, with an event, hopefully in town where people could drop in to see some of the initiatives put forward. 

There was a Civic Pride Investment Fund of £22,000 to help support community groups.

The Portfolio Holder for Community Safety and Wellbeing stated that the Council had been proactive with several Civic Pride days across the Borough and with more to come.  It was uplifting to see how many people had attended the events.  The mobile police station was popular and it was understood that they were receiving a lot of ‘intelligence’.  There was also take up from other partners.

The Portfolio Holder for Sustainable Environment stated that events had taken place in Kidsgrove, Loggerheads, Chesterton, Wolstanton and May Bank where a walk about with the police took place and members of the public approached them with their concerns.   Events would take place in Silverdale, Thistleberry, Keele, Madeley, Maer and Whitmore.

 The Portfolio Holder for Finance, Town Centres and Growth made reference to paragraph 1.3 of the report stating that the one sentence encapsulated it all.

The Leader stated that some of the Council’s partners had already been involved in this and it was something that could be built upon.

Resolved:    (i)       That the draft Civic Pride (Empowering Our Communities)

Strategy 2025 – 28 be approved for consultation and adoption

(ii)             That the draft strategy be referred to the Scrutiny Committees (Health, Wellbeing and Environment, Economy and Place, and Finance, Assets and Performance) for consideration and comment

Watch the debate here